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Smil, Vaclav.
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Steel -- History.
Steel -- Social aspects.
Steel industry and trade.
Iron -- History.
Iron -- Social aspects.
Iron industry and trade.
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Smil, Vaclav.
Steel -- History.
Steel -- Social aspects.
Steel industry and trade.
Iron -- History.
Iron -- Social aspects.
Iron industry and trade.
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Still the Iron Age : iron and steel in the modern world / Vaclav Smil.
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Smil, Vaclav.
Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]
Call #:
669
.1
S641s
Subjects
Steel -- History.
Steel -- Social aspects.
Steel industry and trade.
Iron -- History.
Iron -- Social aspects.
Iron industry and trade.
ISBN:
9780128042335 (hc.)
Description:
xi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index.
Summary:
Although the last two generations have seen an enormous amount of attention paid to advances in electronics, the fact remains that high-income, high-energy societies could thrive without microchips, etc., but, by contrast, could not exist without steel. A comprehensive resource for metallurgists, non-metallurgists, and anyone with a background in environmental studies, industry, manufacturing, and history, seeking a broader understanding of the history of iron and steel and its current and future impact on society. The history of iron and steel from its genesis to slow pre-industrial progress, revolutionary advances during the 19th century, magnification of 19th century advances during the past five generations, patterns of modern steel production, the ubiquitous uses of the material, potential substitutions, advances in relative dematerialization, and appraisal of steel’s possible futures.
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