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Book Title: Suburban Steel: Magnificent Failure Of The Lustron Corp
Number of Pages: 262 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Suburban Steel : Magnificent Failure of the Lustron Corp
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Subject: Construction / General, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Infrastructure, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Corporate Finance / General
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.8 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Douglas Knerr
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Urban Life and Urban Landscape Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
