In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the citizens of Great Britain faced a formidable challenge: coal resources seemed destined to run out and commentators were unable to foresee a viable alternative fuel. To address the crisis, military strategists were urged to seize control of coal in foreign lands, and companies were encouraged to increase domestic production of the resource. In Global Energy Shifts, Bruce Podobnik draws intriguing parallels between the "coal panics" that once swept through Britain and the "oil panics" that grip the world today. His concise history of global...
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the citizens of Great Britain faced a formidable challenge: coal resources seemed destined to run out an...
Explores the societal forces that led to the expansion of global energy systems demonstrating how the convergence of geopolitical, commercial, and social conditions can generate transformations in world energy foundations.
Explores the societal forces that led to the expansion of global energy systems demonstrating how the convergence of geopolitical, commercial, and soc...
This collection of studies examines the prospects facing the coalition of workers, environmentalists, and other progressive activists that has been created to resist neoliberal forms of globalization in the post 9/11 period.
This collection of studies examines the prospects facing the coalition of workers, environmentalists, and other progressive activists that has been cr...
