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Aluminum dreams : the making of light modernity / Mimi Sheller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheller, Mimi, author.
- Series:
- Mobility studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aluminum.
- Aluminum industry and trade--Social aspects.
- Aluminum industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- part I. The bright side
- part II. The dark side.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-32137-8
- 0-262-32136-X
- OCLC:
- 871043901
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