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Powering empire : how coal made the Middle East and sparked global carbonization /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barak, On (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 without first understanding the history of the globalization of carbon energy. How did this black rock come to have such long-lasting power over the world economy? Focusing on the flow of British carbon energy to the Middle East, On Barak excavates the historic nexus between coal and empire to reveal
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 321 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780520973930
0520973933