Carbon nation : fossil fuels in the making of American culture /

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"Fossil fuels don't simply impact our ability to commute to and from work. They condition our sensory lives, our erotic experiences, and our aesthetics; they structure what we assume to be normal and healthy; and they prop up a distinctly modern bargain with nature that allows populations...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Bob (Associate professor) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
Colección:Culture America.
Temas:
Fossil fuels > Social aspects > United States > History.
Energy consumption > Social aspects > United States > History.
Energy industries > United States > History.
Combustibles fossiles > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Industries énergétiques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Énergie > Consommation > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > 20th century.
HISTORY > United States > 19th century.
HISTORY > Social History.
Civilization
Ecology
Economic history
Energy consumption > Social aspects
Energy industries
United States > Economic conditions.
United States > Environmental conditions.
United States > Civilization.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Modernity's basement
  • pt. I. Divergence : A people of prehistoric carbon ; Rocks and bodies
  • pt. II. Submergence : An upthrust into barbarism ; The dynamo-mother ; A faint whiff of gasoline
  • Conclusion : A return of the repressed
  • Appendix : Energy and power.

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