Critical Materials

by Alexander King

Critical Materials takes a case-study approach, describing materials supply-chain failures from the bronze age to present day. It looks at why these failures occurred, what the consequences were, and how they were resolved. It identifies key lessons to guide responses to current and anticipated materials shortages at a time when the world's growing middle class is creating unprecedented demand for manufactured products and the increasingly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0128187891
• ISBN13: 9780128187890
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"