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1	Andrew Carnegie and the rise of big business more books like this by Harold C Livesay add to wishlist In this biography, author and scholar Harold C. Livesay examines the life and legacy of Andrew Carnegie, one of the greatest captains of industry and philanthropists in the history of the United States. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £7.35! \| first editions
2	Steel Construction Manual more books like this by American Institute Of Steel Construction, Aisc add to wishlist see all copies from £148.60! new only from £256.58!
3	Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel more books like this by John Scott add to wishlist "Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked." -- Ronald Grigor Suny "A genuine grassroots account of Soviet life -- a type of book of which there have been far too few." -- William Henry ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £9.22! \| first editions
4	Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America more books like this by Les Standiford add to wishlist From the author of "Last Train to Paradise" comes the history of two founding fathers of American industry--Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick--and the bloody steelworkers' strike that separated them forever. 8-page photo insert. see all copies from £2.47! new only from £6.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Structural Steel Design more books like this by Jack C. McCormac add to wishlist For undergraduate courses in Steel Design. This best selling text has been fully updated to conform to the latest American Manual of Steel Construction. The material is presented in an easy-to-read student-friendly style. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £62.45! \| first editions
6	Metallurgy Fundamentals more books like this by Daniel A Brandt add to wishlist Metallurgy Fundamentals provides instruction and information on the basic principles of metallurgy. It explores the reasons for the strange ways that metals behave when they are heated and cooled. It explains why the strength and hardness of metal changes after being heated and cooled in certain ways. A knowledge of these principles and ... see all copies from £6.24! new only from £53.77!
7	The Lives of Danielle Steel: The Unauthorized Biography of America's #1 Best-Selling Author more books like this by Vickie Bane, Lorenzo Benet add to wishlist Reveals the author's story, from her aristocratic childhood to her four husbands--including a convicted rapist--and nine children. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £26.76! \| first editions
8	American Steel: Hot Metal Men and the Resurrection of the Rust Belt more books like this by Richard Preston add to wishlist Acclaimed writer Richard Preston chronicles the nearly superhuman effort by the Nucor Corporation, America's ninth-largest steel company to build a revolutionary new steel plant from the ashes of the midwestern Rust Belt. Elegantly written and compulsively readable, American Steel has all the elements of a great novel: amazing characters, gripping ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £26.08! \| first editions
9	Steel structures; design and behavior more books like this by Charles G. Salmon, John Edwin Johnson add to wishlist PLEASE PROVIDE COURSE INFORMATIONThe design of structural steel members has developed over the past century from a simple approach involving a few basic properties of steel and elementary mathematics to a more sophisticated treatment demanding a thorough knowledge of structural and material behavior. The fourth edition of this best-selling work ... see all copies from £8.07! new only from £78.30!
10	Life in the Iron Mills more books like this by Harding, Rebecca Harding Davis, Cecelia Tichi (Editor) add to wishlist This edition reprints the text of Rebecca Harding Davis's "Life in the Iron Mills" together with a broad selection of thematically arranged historical and cultural documents that open up the novella to the consideration of a range of social and cultural issues vital to Davis's ninteenth century. Special attention is given to nineteenth century ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £11.96! \| first editions
11	Plain Talk more books like this by Ken Iverson, F Kenneth Iverson, Warren G Bennis (Foreword by) add to wishlist A visionary, maverick, and genuine American business hero, Ken Iverson is one of the most closely-watched business leaders in the world. Credited with single-handedly rejuvenating the rapidly declining American steel industry to the status of world-class producer, Iverson is one of the most successful and, as he likes to point out, one of the ... see all copies from £7.84! new only from £13.63! \| first editions
12	And the Wolf Finally Came: The Decline of the American Steel Industry more books like this by John P Hoerr add to wishlist A veteran reporter on American labor, John P. Hoerr analyzes the spectacular and tragic collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s. "And the Wolf Finally Came" demonstrates how an obsolete and adversarial relationship between management and labor made it impossible for the industry to adapt to a rapidly changing global economy. see all copies from £6.21! new only from £15.57!
13 view cover	Steel Buildings: Analysis and Design more books like this by Stanley W Crawley add to wishlist This volume presents the general principles of structural analysis and their application to the design of low and intermediate height building frames. The text is accompanied by software for the analysis of axial forces, displacement and the bending moment and the determination of shear. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £80.76!
14 view cover	Black Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism more books like this by Ruth Needleman add to wishlist see all copies from £6.64! new only from £10.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Blood on the forge more books like this by William Attaway, Darryl Pinckney (Introduction by) add to wishlist First published in 1941 and virtually unavailable for nearly 20 years, Blood on the Forge is the compelling story of three brothers who leave the rural South for the steel mills of Pittsburgh in 1919. Confronted by immigrants who feel as alienated as they do, the black brothers are swallowed up in the violence of the labor movement. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.27! \| first editions
16	Design of welded structures. more books like this by Omer W. Blodgett add to wishlist see all copies from £23.68! new only from £128.03! \| first editions
17 view cover	Applied Structural Steel Design more books like this by Leonard Spiegel add to wishlist For courses that cover and/or include structural steel design using the ASD (Allowable Stress Design) method, such as Structures, Structural Analysis/Design, Design of Steel Structures, Building with Steel, Steel Construction and Steel Detailing in 2/4-year technology programs, architectural programs, and construction programs. Written ... see all copies from £5.99! new only from £66.05!
18 view cover	Metal Building Systems: Design and Specifications more books like this by Alexander Newman add to wishlist Don't Take the Manufacturer's Word for It! Everybody knows about pre-engineered buildings - they now account for almost 70 percent of all new low-rise construction in the United States. But few architects, engineers, or buyers know enough about them. This completely revised and updated reference - the only one from an author unaffiliated with an ... see all copies from £41.13! new only from £51.92! \| first editions
19 view cover	Steel structures design and behavior emphasizing load and resistance factor design more books like this by Salmon, Johnson 1931- add to wishlist Strives to present in a logical manner the theoretical background needed for developing and explaining design requirements. Beginning with coverage of background material, including references to pertinent research, the development of specific formulas used in the AISC Specifications is followed by a generous number of design examples explaining ... see all copies from £15.21! new only from £104.87!
20 view cover	Unified Design of Steel Structures more books like this by Louis F Geschwindner add to wishlist Study the design of steel building structures per the 2005 unified specification, ANSI/AISC 360-05 Specification for Structural Steel Buildings with this key resource. Author Louis F. Geschwindner first builds the foundation for steel design and then explores the various member types in more detail. He provides guidance for those new to the field ... see all copies from £35.36! new only from £35.36! \| first editions
21 view cover	Portraits in Steel more books like this by Michael Frisch (Photographer), Milton Rogovin add to wishlist This powerful book documents--in images and words--the unsettling experience of a dozen men and women workers who lost their jobs in the steel mills of Buffalo, New York, and had to fashion new lives for themselves. A stunning collection of revealing narratives that bears witness to wrenching changes in the American economy. Photographs. see all copies from £6.62! new only from £7.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	Carnegie more books like this by Peter Krass add to wishlist "A superb new account of the legendary industrialist and philanthropist's remarkable life...Timely, balanced ...revealing." Barron's One of the first American entrepreneurs to achieve massive wealth, Andrew Carnegie rose from dire poverty to become a steel baron as well as one of the greatest philanthropists in U.S. history. In this first full ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Battle for Homestead, 1880-1892: Politics, Culture, and Steel more books like this by Paul Krause add to wishlist Paul Krause calls upon the methods and insights of labor history, intellectual history, anthropology, and the history of technology to situate the events of the lockout and their significance in the broad context of America's Guilded Age. Utilizing extensive archival material, much of it heretofore unknown, he reconstructs the social, intellectual ... see all copies from £7.16! new only from £18.05! \| first editions
24 view cover	Steel Design more books like this by William T Segui add to wishlist Steel Design covers the fundamentals of structural steel design with an emphasis on the design of members and their connections, rather than the integrated design of buildings. Not only is Steel Design a revision of LRFD Steel Design, it also encompasses the 2005 unification of LRFD and ASD as is covered in the Steel Construction Manual. The book ... see all copies from £66.64! new only from £112.68!
25 view cover	The Complete Guide to Metal Boats: Building, Maintenance, and Repair more books like this by Bruce Roberts-Goodson add to wishlist A guide to building, buying or renovating a metal boat. It provides an overview of steel, aluminium, and copper-nickel boat construction, and explains the advantages of metal. This book also covers engineering for boats, corrosion prevention, interior design and construction and many other topics. see all copies from £10.91! new only from £20.55!

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