After WWII the massive industrial complex that had been created to
manufacture war materials turned its talents to synthetic fertilizers and equally synthetic foods.
Not exact matches
Production of these compounds was vastly accelerated by mid-century
war efforts, where quick - to -
manufacture plastics were helpful for replacing other
materials such as natural rubber, which was in short supply at the time.
This
material was used to
manufacture the coats of the soldiers in the World
War I.
The art form, in which natural and
manufactured found
materials are assembled into three dimensional structures, was used by artists such Betye Saar and John Outterbridge to produce complex objects that engaged issues including the civil rights movement, the
war in Vietnam and the censorship of art.