The Birth of Energy : Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work /

The Birth of Energy : Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work /

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"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...

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Main Author: Daggett, Cara New, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rassismus
Technischer Fortschritt
Thermodynamik
Energiepolitik
Imperialismus
Politische Wissenschaft
Power resources > Political aspects.
Power resources > Economic aspects.
Power resources.
Energy policy.
Energy industries.
Energy consumption > Environmental aspects.
Energy consumption.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Industries energetiques.
Politique energetique.
Ressources energetiques > Histoire.
Ressources energetiques > Aspect politique > Histoire.
Ressources energetiques > Aspect economique > Histoire.
Power resources > History.
Energy consumption > History.
Power resources > Political aspects > History.
Power resources > Economic aspects > History.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Putting the world to work
  • The birth of energy
  • The novelty of energy
  • A steampunk production
  • A geo-theology of energy
  • Work becomes energetic
  • Energy, race, and empire
  • Energopolitics
  • The imperial organism at work
  • Education for empire
  • A post-work energy politics.

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