Yellow Steel
Subtitle: The Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 10, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9780252024979
Subjects: Construction industry; History of engineering & technology; Mining industry; Road vehicle manufacturing industry; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1980 to c 1990; Construction Industries (Economic Aspects); Machinery; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Corporate & Business History - General; Industries - General; History / United States / 20th Century; Construction equipment industr; Construction equipment industry; History; Mining machinery industry; United States
Description: "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.