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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1. Verfasser: Sheller, Mimi (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Mobility studies and education.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780262321365
026232136X
9780262321372
0262321378

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