Global gambits : big steel and the U.S. quest for manganese / Tyler Priest.

Author
Priest, Tyler [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
Description
xxvii, 332 pages : maps ; 25 cm.

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Series
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-318) and index.
Contents
  • 1. The "Starch in the Steel": Manganese Metallurgy and Commerce
  • 2. Far-Flung Sources: The Creation of a World Market, 1880-1914
  • 3. "More Than a Pawn in the Game of War": Global Instabilities, 1905-19
  • 4. Filling Big Orders: The Diversification of Supply, 1919-30
  • 5. Internationalism vs. Self-Sufficiency: The Making of U.S. Mineral Policy, 1919-39
  • 6. Tempting the Brazilians: The Diplomacy of Minerals and Steel, 1930-45
  • 7. Extending the Quest: The Crisis of the New Order, 1945-49
  • 8. New Frontiers: Restructuring World Supply, 1948-65
  • Epilogue: The Buyer's Market and the Realignment of Steel.
ISBN
0275977072 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2003048200
OCLC
51923627
RCP
C - S
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