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The Substance of Civilization: Materials and Human History from the Stone Age to the Age of Silicon by Stephen L. Sass Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 1-55970-473-X / 155970473X ISBN-13: 978-1-55970-473-1 / 9781559704731 "What Sass does—and does well—is convey the richness of the material world and the ingenuity of humankind in making use of it." —Kirkus ReviewsThe story of human civilization can be read most deeply in the materials we have found or created, used or abused. They have dictated how we build, eat |