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" Aluminum dreams : "
Mimi Sheller
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BL
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626143
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Sheller, Mimi
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| Title & Author
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Aluminum dreams : : the making of light modernity /\ Mimi Sheller
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| Series Statement
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Mobility studies
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xii, 367 pages :: color illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780262026826
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: 0262026821
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9780262321358
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: 9780262321365
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: 026232136X
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Abstract
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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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Aluminum
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Aluminum industry and trade-- Social aspects
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| LC Classification
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TA480.A6.S48 2014
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TA480.A6.S48 2014
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