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Metal, culture and capitalism: an essay on the origins of the modern world
2012, Cambridge University Press
in English
1107029627 9781107029620
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Table of Contents
Part I. Explorers
The age of metals in the ancient Near East
A Bronze Age without bronze
Metals and society
Trade and religion in the Mediterranean
The coming of the Iron Age and Classical civilisation
After the Romans
Part II. Merchants
"Capitalism," exchange, and the Near East
China and the Eurasian corridor
Renewal in the West
Venice and the North
Part III. Accumulators
Iron and the Industrial Revolution
Metals, "Capitalism," and the Renaissances
Appendix 1: The Metallurgy of Iron / by Dr. J.A. Charles
Appendix 2: Damascene Steel and Blades
Glossary.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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