Energy and civilization : a history
Record details
- ISBN: 0262035774
- ISBN: 9780262035774
- ISBN: 0262338319
- ISBN: 9780262338318
- ISBN: 0262338300
- ISBN: 9780262338301
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (vii, 552 pages) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Extensively updated and expanded edition of the author's Energy in world history (Boulder : Westview Press, 1994). |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Energy and society -- Energy in prehistory -- Traditional farming -- Preindustrial prime movers and fuels -- Fossil fuels, primary electricity, and renewables -- Fossil-fueled civilization -- Energy in world history. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. History. |