Past and Present Energy Societies : How Energy Connects Politics, Technologies and Cultures /

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Abundant, salutary, problematic - energy makes history. As a symbol, resource and consumer good, it shapes technologies, politics, societies and cultural world views. Focussing on a range of energy types, from electricity and oil to bioenergy, this volume analyzes the social, cultural and political...

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Other Authors: Möllers, Nina (Editor), Zachmann, Karin (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: transcript Verlag, 2014
Series:Science studies
Subjects:
Energy industries
Energy policy
Power resources
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General
History of engineering and technology
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History
Technology, engineering, agriculture
Technology: general issues
Table of Contents:
  • Past and Present Energy Societies / Zachmann, Karin
  • Electrifying the World / Möllers, Nina
  • "We want to live electrically!" / Gerber, Sophie
  • Filming Electrical Consumption / Bouvier, Yves
  • Managing Energy Consumption / Lorkowski, Nina
  • Saving Energy by Shifting Clocks? / Mutz, Mathias
  • Energy Consumption Practices and Social Inequality / Brunner, Karl-Michael ; Christanell, Anja ; Spitzer, Markus
  • Cultural Meanings of Wood Gas as Automobile Fuel in Sweden, 1930-1945 / Ekerholm, Helena
  • Missing Green in the Black Gold / Roxo, Valentina
  • Publics in the Pipeline / Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe
  • Patterns of Energy Transitions / Bartoletto, Silvana

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