Power to the people : energy in Europe over the last five centuries /

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"Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita en...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Kander, Astrid (Autor), Malanima, Paolo (Autor), Warde, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Colección:Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Temas:
Energy industries > Europe > History.
Industries énergétiques > Europe > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
Energy industries.
Energikällor > historia.
Energiindustri > historia.
Energiförbrukning > historia.
Europe.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pre-industrial economies / Paolo Malanima. Traditional sources
  • Constraints and dynamics
  • The first industrial revolution / Paul Warde. A modern energy regime
  • The coal development block
  • Energy and industrial growth
  • The second and third industrial revolutions / Astrid Kander. Energy transitions in the twentieth century
  • Major development blocks in the twentieth century and their impacts on energy
  • The role of energy in twentieth-century economic growth
  • Summary and implications for the future.

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