The Birth of Energy: Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478006329ISBN-10:1478006323UPC:9781478006329Book Category:Political Science, Nature, ScienceBook Subcategory:Public Policy, Environmental Conservation & Protection, EnergyBook Topic:Environmental PolicySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC6HVHCRVY
The Birth of Energy: Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work
In The Birth of Energy Cara New Daggett traces the genealogy of contemporary notions of energy back to the nineteenth-century science of thermodynamics to challenge the underlying logic that informs today's uses of energy. These early resource-based concepts of power first emerged during the Industrial Revolution and were tightly bound to Western capitalist domination and the politics of...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9781478006329ISBN-10:1478006323UPC:9781478006329Book Category:Political Science, Nature, ScienceBook Subcategory:Public Policy, Environmental Conservation & Protection, EnergyBook Topic:Environmental PolicySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC6HVHCRVY
Cara New Daggett is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech.
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