Bibliograph

Aluminum dreams, the making of light modernity, Mimi Sheller

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Aluminum dreams, the making of light modernity, Mimi Sheller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-317) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Aluminum dreams

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

849822481

Responsibility statement

Mimi Sheller

Series statement

Mobility studies

Sub title

the making of light modernity

Summary

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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Creator