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02022aam a2200373 i 4500 001 0C9408121D3311E4AFEA258CDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140806010537 008 130621s2014 maua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013021936 020 $a 0262026821 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780262026826 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)849822481 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d BDX $d MYG $d CLE $d CDX $d AU@ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a TA480.A6 $b S48 2014 082 00 $a 338.4/7669722 $2 23 100 1 $a Sheller, Mimi, $e author. 245 10 $a Aluminum dreams : $b the making of light modernity / $c Mimi Sheller. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b The MIT Press, $c [2014] 300 $a xii, 367 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 23 cm 490 0 $a Mobility studies 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Conclusion : slow metal. $t Inventors, investors, and industry -- $t Metal of war, for war, and by war -- $t Speed metal -- $t Mobile homes -- $t Alcoa cruising the Caribbean -- $t Dark dreams : from Russia, India, and Guinea -- $t Frozen electricity : saving Iceland -- $t Aluminum renaissance -- $t Conclusion : slow metal. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Aluminum. 650 0 $a Aluminum industry and trade $x Social aspects. 650 7 $a Aluminum. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00806262 650 7 $a Aluminum industry and trade $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00806407 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210025501.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826090852.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20160518010816.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0C9408121D3311E4AFEA258CDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search