Energy Citizenship: Coal and Democracy in the American Century - Hardcover
by Trish Kahle
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231215442ISBN-10:231215444UPC:9780231215442Book Category:History, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Public PolicyBook Topic:20th Century, Energy PolicySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.13 inchesWeight:1.821Product ID:SCPF9STMCF
The history of the modern United States is the history of coal--and of coal miners. Trish Kahle reveals miners as forgers of a coal-fired social contract that was contested throughout the twentieth century as Americans sought to define the meaning of citizenship in an energy-intensive democracy.
Energy Citizenship traces the uncertain relationship between coal and democracy from the Progressive...Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231215442ISBN-10:231215444UPC:9780231215442Book Category:History, Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Public PolicyBook Topic:20th Century, Energy PolicySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.13 inchesWeight:1.821Product ID:SCPF9STMCF
Trish Kahle is a historian of energy, work, and politics at Georgetown University Qatar and coleads the Energy Humanities Research Initiative at the Center for International and Regional Studies.
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