The energy of slaves oil and the new servitude
Record details
- ISBN: 9781553659792 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1553659791 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (296 p.) - Publisher: Vancouver, BC : Greystone Books, 2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- 1. The energy of slaves -- 2. Slaves to energy -- 3. The oil pioneer -- 4. The new servitude -- 5. The unsettling of agriculture -- 6. The Viagra of the species -- 7. The urban fire -- 8. The economist's delusion -- 9. Peak science -- 10. The petrostate -- 11. The surplus devolution -- 12. Oil and happiness -- 13. Japan and the fragility of the petroleum age -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | Energy development -- History Energy development -- Moral and ethical aspects Petroleum industry and trade -- Moral and ethical aspects Slavery |
Genre: | Electronic books. |