Powering Empire : How Coal Made the Middle East and Sparked Global Carbonization /

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The Age of Empire was driven by coal, and the Middle East-as an idea-was made by coal. Coal's imperial infrastructure presaged the geopolitics of oil that wreaks carnage today, as carbonization threatens our very climate. Powering Empire argues that we cannot promote worldwide decarbonization w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barak, On (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]
Temas:
Coal trade > Political aspects.
Coal trade > Middle East > History.
Herrschaft.
Kohlenwirtschaft.
Weltwirtschaft.
HISTORY / Middle East / General.
age of empire.
alternative energy.
carbon energy.
carbon.
carbonization.
climate change.
climate justice.
coal mines.
coal.
colonialism.
conservation.
decarbonization.
empire.
energy.
environment.
environmental history.
environmentalism.
fossil fuels.
gandhi.
geopolitics.
global warming.
globalization.
imperialism.
india.
islam.
land management.
middle east.
natural resources.
nature.
nonfiction.
pollution.
public policy.
science.
social justice.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Water
  • 2. Animals
  • 3. Humans
  • 4. Environment
  • 5. Risk
  • 6. Fossil
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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