TY - BOOK AU - Goody,Jack AU - غودي، جاك TI - Metals, Culture and Capitalism: an essay on the origins of the modern world SN - 978-1-107-02962-0 U1 - 669.09 23E PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, New York, Melbourne [etc] PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Metallurgy--History KW - Metallurgy--Social aspects--History KW - Metallurgy--Economic aspects--History KW - Metals--History KW - Metals--Social aspects--History KW - Metals--Economic aspects--History KW - Civilization--History KW - Civilization, Modern--History KW - Capitalism--History KW - Commerce--History N1 - Bibliogr. p. 312-329; Part I. Explorers -- The age of metals in the ancient Near East -- A Bronze Age without bronze -- Metals and society -- Trade and religion in the Mediterranean -- The coming of the Iron Age and Classical civilisation -- After the Romans -- Part II. Merchants -- "Capitalism," exchange, and the Near East -- China and the Eurasian corridor -- Renewal in the West -- Venice and the North -- Part III. Accumulators -- Iron and the Industrial Revolution -- Metals, "Capitalism," and the Renaissances -- Appendix 1: The Metallurgy of Iron / by Dr. J.A. Charles -- Appendix 2: Damascene Steel and Blades -- Glossary ER -