Steel and Economic Growth in Mexico
Iron ore is widely distributed over the world and has been mined from ancient times, but Mexico, with a good supply of ore, was a relative newcomer to the ranks of iron- and steel-producing nations. This distinctive book offers a history of the Mexican iron and steel industry through the 1960s. Archaeological evidence, the author states, shows that the indigenous peoples of Mexico had developed a technology of metallurgy-relying on gold, silver, copper, tin and bronze-before the arrival of the Spaniards, but those same peoples had no knowledge of iron. That knowledge and accompanying technology arrived with the conquistadores. Extremely slow…
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- ISBN: 978-0-292-77266-3
- EAN: 9780292772663
- Produktnummer: 16592879
- Verlag: University Of Texas Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 287 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 287
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