Aluminum dreams : the making of light modernity /

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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Main Author: Sheller, Mimi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2014
Series:Mobility studies and education.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central