Aluminum in America: A History

by QuentinR.Skrabec (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2016

  $30.41

  This history of aluminum takes in metallurgy, engineering, global business and politics and the advance of civilization itself. The earth's most abundant metal, aluminum remained largely inaccessible until after the Industrial Revolution. A precious commodity in 1850s, it later became a strategic resource: while steel won World War I, aluminum won World War II.