Remaking the Crust of the Earth
Murphy, Gavin / Fite-Wassilak, Chris / Wieckiewicz-Carroll, Marysia A layered cultural history of the origins, impacts and material legacy of glassThis insightful volume presents a cultural history of glass, from its unlikely discovery to its present-day ubiquity. In tracing its progression from an elemental, decorative material to a functional, mass-produced commodity, we can understand the ways in which this age-old material has transformed society.