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Author:

Limbaugh, Ronald H.

Title:

Tungsten in peace and war, 1918-1946 / Ronald H. Limbaugh.

Publisher:

University of Nevada Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiv, 284 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Tungsten industry--United States--History--20th century.
Pacific Tungsten Company--History--20th century.
Nevada-Massachusetts Company--History--20th century.
Tungsten mines and mining--United States--History--20th century.
Tungsten ores--United States--History--20th century.
Technological innovations--United States--History--20th century.
Tungsten--History--United States--History--20th century.
Strategic materials--United States--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
International trade--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Steel alloys and the rise of modern industry -- Tungsten in World War I -- From Pacific Tungsten to Nevada-Massachusetts -- Tungsten and the Great Depression -- Mining and marketing during the New Deal -- Strategic metals at the start of World War II -- American wartime metal policy and practice -- Nevada-Massachusetts in World War II -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

0874178207 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780874178203 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)511618793

LCCN:

2010003782

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)