Carbon Nation : Fossil Fuels in the Making of American Culture /

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"A close look at our nation's conflicted love affair with fossil fuels (including coal, oil, and natural gas) and their pervasive impact on American life and culture. While carbon has literally fueled a relentless technological progress and provided the highest standard of living the world...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Johnson, Bob (Associate professor) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Energy industries.
Energy consumption > Social aspects.
Economic history.
Ecology.
Civilization.
HISTORY > Social History.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Industries energetiques > États-Unis > Histoire.
Combustibles fossiles > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Energy industries > United States > History.
Energy consumption > Social aspects > United States > History.
Fossil fuels > Social aspects > United States > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
États-Unis > Conditions economiques.
United States > Civilization.
United States > Environmental conditions.
United States > Economic conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
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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