Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming - Couverture souple

Malm, Andreas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1784781290 ISBN 13 : 9781784781293

Editeur : Verso Books, 2016

Synopsis

The more we debate about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we continue to burn. How did we get caught up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Malm claims that it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. So why did manufacturers turn from traditional fuels, notably water, to steam? Overturning established theories of the transition and offering a radically new view of our warming world, this study shows how steam was adopted as a superior source of power. Two centuries later, the inheritors of that power continue to profit from 'business as usual,' as the world heads toward irreversible catastrophe. Malm examines the history of resistance to fossil fuels and surveys the obstacles to the transition to renewable energy so urgently needed today. Then as now, energy choices are determined in struggles over power.

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À propos de l'auteur

Andreas Malm teaches human ecology at Lund University, Sweden. His work has appeared in journals such as Environmental History, Historical Materialism, Antipode and Organization & Environment. He is the author, with Shora Esmailian, of Iran on the Brink: Rising Workers and Threats of War, and of half a dozen books in Swedish on political economy, the Middle East and climate change.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784781290
• ISBN 13: 9781784781293
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: VERSO BOOKS; https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb; ; . Avda. Sistema Solar, 31 Puerta A3 ; San Fernando de Henares ; Madrid; 28830; Espagne