The Living Rock: The Story of Metals Since Earliest Times and their Impact on Civilization - Softcover

Wilson, A. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855733013 ISBN 13: 9781855733015

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1855733013
• ISBN 13: 9781855733015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312