{"product_id":"aluminum-in-america-a-history-9780786499557","title":"Aluminum in America: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Quentin R. Skrabec\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Corporate \u0026amp; Business History - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The history of aluminum: 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A generation later, it would make space travel possible and the 1972 Pioneer spacecraft would carry a message from mankind to extraterrestrial life, engraved on an aluminum plate. Today aluminum, along with oil, is the natural resource driving geopolitics, and China has taken the lead in manufacture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46492664725655,"sku":"9780786499557","price":3718.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786499557.jpg?v=1766353755","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/aluminum-in-america-a-history-9780786499557","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}