The Living Rock: The Story of Metals Since Earliest Times and Their Impact on Civilization
Author:   Arthur Wilson
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
ISBN:  

9781855733015


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   December 1996
Format:   Paperback
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The Living Rock: The Story of Metals Since Earliest Times and Their Impact on Civilization


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This book concentrates on the social and economic effects that metals have had on community life and on wider historical developments. It gives a fascinating perspective proclaiming that the history of metals is the history of civilisation; basing the text on the results of archeometallurgists and materials scientists and looking at the advancement of societies as a direct result of their new-found technology. The author's clear and lucid style prevents the book becoming aridly academic while he maps the course of ancient history through to medieval times and beyond, showing metal to be, ultimately, the key to history.

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Author:   Arthur Wilson
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781855733015


ISBN 10:   1855733013
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   December 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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