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Aluminum shaped the twentieth century. It enabled high-speed travel and gravity-defying flight. It was the material of a streamlined aesthetic that came to represent modernity. And it became an essential ingredient in industrial and domestic products that ranged from airplanes and cars to designer c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sheller, Mimi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Colección:Mobility studies and education.
Temas:
Aluminum.
Aluminum industry and trade > Social aspects.
Aluminium.
Aluminium > Industrie > Aspect social.
aluminum (metal)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Aluminum
Aluminum industry and trade > Social aspects
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology
HUMANITIES/History
URBANISM/Transportation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Aluminum shaped the twentieth century. It enabled high-speed travel and gravity-defying flight. It was the material of a streamlined aesthetic that came to represent modernity. And it became an essential ingredient in industrial and domestic products that ranged from airplanes and cars to designer chairs and artificial Christmas trees.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262321365
026232136X
9780262321372
0262321378

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