| Plastics Exposed: The Incredible Story of How Plastics Came to Dominate the American Automobile Contributor(s): Herrmann, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 154890130X ISBN-13: 9781548901301 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Automobile Industry |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.74 lbs) 246 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Plastics Exposed" is about life at the beginning of the revolution that saw plastics replace steel worldwide as the predominant material in cars and trucks - developments that gave motor vehicles the weight advantage that make today's stringent fuel standards possible "Plastics Exposed" entertains with first-person accounts of that helter-skelter period, as the public demanded ever greater fuel efficiency, and manufacturers demanded lighter cars, and give readers a sense of the international cast of characters who created an industry. |