{"product_id":"aluminum-in-america-9780786499557","title":"Aluminum in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038126178647,"sku":"9780786499557","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aluminum-in-america-9780786499557","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}