Stephen L. Harp is professor of history at the University of Akron. He is the author of numerous books and articles on French national identity, including Learning to be Loyal: Primary Schooling as Nation Building in Alsace and Lorraine, 1850–1940 (1998) and Marketing Michelin: Advertising and Cultural Identity in Twentieth-Century France (2001). He is currently writing a book tentatively titled “From Coolies to Consumers: A Global Cultural History of Rubber.”