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1 online resource |
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Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Chapter 1: In the Heat of the Past: Towards a History of the Fossil Economy; Chapter 2: Scarcity, Progress, the Nature of the Human Species? Theories of the Rise of Steam; Chapter 3: The Long Life of the Flow: Industrial Energy Before Coal; Chapter 4: â#x80;#x98;There Are Mighty Energies in those Massesâ#x80;#x99;: Mobilising Power in a Time of Crisis; Chapter 5: Puzzles of the Transition: The Lasting Advantages of Water; Chapter 6: Fleeing the Flowing Commons: The Expansion of Waterpower That Never Happened |
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Chapter 7: A Ticket to the Town: Advantages of Steam in SpaceChapter 8: A Force to Count On: Advantages of Steam in Time; Chapter 9: â#x80;#x98;No Government but Fuelâ#x80;#x99;: The Derivation of Power from Coal in Bourgeois Ideology; Chapter 10: â#x80;#x98;Go and Stop the Smoke!â#x80;#x99;: The Moment of Resistance against Steam; Chapter 11: A Long Trail of Smoke: The Fossil Economy Consummated; Chapter 12: The Myth of the Human Enterprise: Towards a Different Theory; Chapter 13: Fossil Capital: The Energy Basis of Bourgeois Property Relations; Chapter 14: China as Chimney of the World: Fossil Capital Today |
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Chapter 15: A Return to the Flow? Obstacles to the TransitionChapter 16: Time to Pull the Plugs: On CO2 as an Effluent of Power; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Notes |
| Summary |
How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Andreas Malm claims it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. But why did manufacturers turn from traditional sources of power, notably water mills, to an engine fired by coal? Contrary to established views, steam offered neither cheaper nor more abundant energy-but rather superior control of subordinate labour. Animated by fossil fuels, capital |
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Includes index |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-468) and index |
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Industries -- Energy consumption -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Industrial revolution -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain
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Steam-engines -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Fossil fuels -- Economic aspects -- History
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Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- History
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Global warming -- History
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Climatic changes -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General
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Climatic changes
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Energy policy -- Environmental aspects
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Fossil fuels -- Economic aspects
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Global warming
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Industries -- Energy consumption
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Steam-engines
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Great Britain
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781784781309 |
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1784781304 |
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9781784781316 |
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1784781320 |
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9781784781323 |
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1784781312 |
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