Richard Newbold Adams, Adams, Adams Richard N.

Paradoxical Harvest

Energy and Explanation in British History, 1870 1914

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a study of the relationship between the use of energy in society and the general pattern of development in Great Britain during the 1870 1914 era.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 237g
• ISBN-13: 9780521288668
• ISBN-10: 0521288665
• Artikelnr.: 26968087

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Preface
1. A historical overview, 1870-1914
2. Concepts and theory
3. The levelling off of energy consumption
4. The world structure expands
5. Triggering flows: trade, investment and invisibles
6. Triggering flows: skills
7. The case of grain agriculture
8. Advantages at home
9. The regulatory weakness of government
10. The relation of human energy to non-human energy
11. Conclusion
Appendix: obtaining human energy sectors
References
Index.