Aluminum dreams : the making of light modernity / Mimi Sheller.

By:

Sheller, Mimi [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780262321365
026232136X
9780262321372
0262321378

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aluminum dreamsDDC classification:

338.4/7669722 23

LOC classification:

TA480.A6 .S48

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Part I. The bright side -- part II. The dark side.

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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
eBook	e-Library	EBSCO Technology		Available

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Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The bright side -- part II. The dark side.

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.

English.

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