Power to the people : energy in Europe over the last five centuries /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kander, Astrid
Group Author: Malanima, Paolo; Warde, Paul
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: The Princeton economic history of the Western world
Subjects:
Carrier Form: x, 457 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-450) and index.
ISBN: 9780691143620 :
0691143625
Index Number: HD9502
CLC: F450.62-09
Call Number: F450.62-09/K162
Contents: pt. I. Pre-industrial economies / Paolo Malanima. Traditional sources ; Constraints and dynamics -- pt. II. The first industrial revolution / Paul Warde. A modeern energy regime ; The coal development block ; Energy and industrial growth -- pt. III. The second and third industrial revolutions / Astrid Kander. Energy transitions in the twentieth century ; Major development blocks in the twentieth century and their impacts on energy ; The role of energy in twentieth-century economic growth ; Summary and implications for the future.