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Coal & empire : the birth of energy security in industrial America / Peter A. Shulman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015Description: xii, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781421417066 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
  • 1421417065 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
Other title:
  • Coal and empire
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.2/7240973
LOC classification:
  • HD 9546 S562c 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Empire and the Politics of Information 2. Engineering Economy 3. The Economy of Time and Space 4. The Slavery Solution 5. The Debate over Coaling Station 6. Inventing Logistics Conclusion Chronological Listing of Cited Congressional Publicationsfrom the United States Serial Set NotesBibliographic Essay Index.
Summary: By exploring how the security dimensions of energy were not intrinsically linked to a particular source of power but rather to political choices about America's role in the world, Shulman ultimately suggests that contemporary global struggles over energy will never disappear, even if oil is someday displaced by alternative sources of power.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD 9546 S562c 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000183160

Includes bibliographical references (page 235-296) and index.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Empire and the Politics of Information
2. Engineering Economy
3. The Economy of Time and Space
4. The Slavery Solution
5. The Debate over Coaling Station
6. Inventing Logistics
Conclusion
Chronological Listing of Cited Congressional Publicationsfrom the United States Serial Set
NotesBibliographic Essay
Index.

By exploring how the security dimensions of energy were not intrinsically linked to a particular source of power but rather to political choices about America's role in the world, Shulman ultimately suggests that contemporary global struggles over energy will never disappear, even if oil is someday displaced by alternative sources of power.

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