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Yellow steel : the story of the earthmoving equipment industry
- Title
- Yellow steel : the story of the earthmoving equipment industry / William R. Haycraft.
- Author
- Haycraft, William R. (William Russell), 1929-
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2000], ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HD9715.25.U62 H39 2000 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvi, 465 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Extensively illustrated and packed with detailed information on both manufacturers and machines, Yellow Steel knits together the diverse stories of the many companies that created the earthmoving equipment industry - how they began, expanded, retooled, merged, succeeded, and sometimes failed. Their history, a step-by-step linking of need and invention, provides the foundation for virtually all modern transportation, construction, commerce, and industry."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-453) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Creating the Need -- 2. The Beginnings, 1831-1945 -- 3. The Postwar Decade, 1946-55 -- 4. The Interstate Decade, 1956-65 -- 5. The Industry Matures, 1966-75 -- 6. The Pinnacle and the Fall, 1976-85 -- 7. Recovery and Renewal, 1986-95 -- 8. Perspectives -- App. The Industry and Organized Labor.
- ISBN
- 0252024974 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 99006078
- OCLC
- ocm40723587
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries