Mineral Rites : An Archaeology of the Fossil Economy /

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"The book discusses how the extraction of fossil fuels affects the rituals and artifacts of people's daily lives. The author asks readers to view fossil fuels as an intellectually intriguing topic rather than one better left to engineers. At the core of the book is the argument that energy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Johnson, Bob (Associate professor) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kapitalismus
Fossiler Brennstoff
Geschichte
Energy consumption > Social aspects.
Combustibles fossiles > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Fossil fuels > Social aspects > United States > History.
Energy consumption > Social aspects > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The book discusses how the extraction of fossil fuels affects the rituals and artifacts of people's daily lives. The author asks readers to view fossil fuels as an intellectually intriguing topic rather than one better left to engineers. At the core of the book is the argument that energy consumption severs consumers from the production of carboniferous fuels and the waste they create. The book will interest scholars of American studies and environmental history"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781421427577

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