The American Synthetic Organic Chemicals Industry: War and Politics, 1910-1930

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The American Synthetic Organic Chemicals Industry This page intentionally left blank The American Synthetic Organic Chemicals Industry War and Politics, 1910–1930 ### KATHRYN STEEN The University of North Carolina Press / Chapel Hill This book was published with the assistance of funds from Drexel University and the Authors Fund of the University of North Carolina Press.© 2014 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved. Set in Utopia by codeMantra, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Cover illustration: U.S. Chemical Warfare Association cartoon, “David and Goliath,” c. 1925, Charles H. Herty Papers, box 98, folder 21; Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University. The original is black and white; Peter Groesbeck (Drexel University) created the color graphic. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Steen, Kathryn. The American synthetic organic chemicals industry : war and politics, 1910–1930 / Kathryn Steen. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-1-4696-1290-4 (paperback) — isbn 978-1-4696-1291-1 (ebook) 1. Chemical industry—United States—History—20th century. 2. Industrial policy— United States—History—20th century. 3. World War, 1914–1918—Social aspects— United States. I. Title. hd9651.5.s73 2014 338.4'766180097309041—dc23 2014003460 Portions of this book are drawn from previously published articles: “Technical Expertise and U.S. Mobilization, 1917–1918: High Explosives and War Gases.” In Frontline and Factory: Comparative Perspectives on the Chemical Industry at War, 1914–1924. Edited by Roy M. MacLeod and Jeffrey A. Johnson, 103–122. Dordrecht: Springer, 2006. Used with the permission of Springer Science and Business Media B.V. “Patents, Patriotism, and ‘Skilled in the Art’: USA v. The Chemical Foundation, Inc., 1923–1926.” Isis 92 (March 2001): 91–122. © 2001 History of Science Society. http://www.jstor.org/stable/237328. “German Chemicals and American Politics, 1919–1921.” In The German Chemical Industry in the Twentieth Century. Edited by John E. Lesch, 323–46. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. Used with the permission of Springer Science and Business Media B.V. “Confiscated Commerce: American Importers of German Synthetic Organic Chemicals, 1914–1929.” History and Technology 12 (1995): 261–84. Used with the permission of Taylor and Francis. http:// www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07341519508581887. 18 17 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 For My Family This page intentionally left blank ...