Two prime movers of globalization : the history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines / Vacl...
Two prime movers of globalization : the history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines / Vacl...
Two prime movers of globalization : the history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines / Vaclav Smil.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.
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N621.43/45
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English
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261 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c2010.
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"The many books on globalization published over the past few years range from claims that the world is flat to an unlikely rehabilitation of Genghis Khan as a pioneer of global commerce. Missing from these accounts is a consideration of the technologies behind the creation of the globalized economy. What makes it possible for us to move billions of...
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Two prime movers of globalization : the history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines / Vaclav Smil.
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Prime movers of globalization.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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c2010.
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N621.43/45
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74VK3p3lmLjO
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0262014432 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262014434 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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621.43
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991023666569702626
