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.
- ISBN10 1855733013
- ISBN13 9781855733015
- Publish Date December 1996 (first published 1 March 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 October 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
- Imprint Woodhead Publishing Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 272
- Language English
- URL http://woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=305