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Metals, culture and capitalism : an essay on the origins of the modern world / Jack Goody, St John's College, Cambridge.

Van Pelt Library TN615 .G66 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Goody, Jack.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Metallurgy--History.
Metallurgy.
History.
Metallurgy--Social aspects--History.
Metallurgy--Economic aspects--History.
Metals--History.
Metals--Social aspects--History.
Metals--Economic aspects--History.
Civilization--History.
Civilization.
Civilization, Modern--History.
Civilization, Modern.
Capitalism--History.
Capitalism.
Commerce--History.
Commerce.
Metals--Economic aspects.
Metals.
Social aspects.
Metallurgy--Economic aspects.
Physical Description:
xix, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Contents:
Part I. Explorers
The age of metals in the ancient Near East
A Bronze Age without bronze
Metals and society
Trade and religion in the Mediterranean
The coming of the Iron Age and Classical civilisation
After the Romans
Part II. Merchants
"Capitalism," exchange, and the Near East
China and the Eurasian corridor
Renewal in the West
Venice and the North
Part III. Accumulators
Iron and the Industrial Revolution
Metals, "Capitalism," and the Renaissances
Appendix 1: The Metallurgy of Iron / by Dr. J.A. Charles
Appendix 2: Damascene Steel and Blades
Glossary.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-329) and index.
ISBN:
9781107029620
1107029627
9781107614475
1107614473
OCLC:
793503432

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