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Title Tungsten in peace and war, 1918-1946 / Ronald H. Limbaugh.

Publication Info.	Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2010]
	2010

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations
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	computer rdamedia
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Steel alloys and the rise of modern industry -- Tungsten in World War I -- From Pacific Tungsten to Nevada-Massachusetts -- Tungsten and the Great Depression -- Mining and marketing during the New Deal -- Strategic metals at the start of World War II -- American wartime metal policy and practice -- Nevada-Massachusetts in World War II -- Epilogue.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Pacific Tungsten Company -- History -- 20th century.
	Nevada-Massachusetts Company -- History -- 20th century.
	Tungsten industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Tungsten mines and mining -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Tungsten ores -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Tungsten -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Strategic materials -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	International trade -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Commerce -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Limbaugh, Ronald H. Tungsten in peace and war, 1918-1946. Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2010] vix, 284 pages ; 25 cm. 9780874178203 (DLC) 2010003782
ISBN	9780874178203 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780874178210 (electronic bk.)