Sheller, Mimi,

Aluminum dreams : the making of light modernity / Mimi Sheller. - 1 PDF (384 pages). - Mobility studies . - Mobility studies .

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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.
Aluminum industry and trade--Social aspects.


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