Working Nature
eBook - ePub

Working Nature

A History of the Energy Economy

  1. 234 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Working Nature

A History of the Energy Economy

About this book

Daniela Russ argues that the category of 'energy' is best understood not in terms of particular material things but as a social relation to nature forged over 200 years of capitalist industrialization. Working Nature examines how engineers, scientists, and economists harnessed and circulated the products of nature despite social and natural resistance.

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Publisher
Verso
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9781804298985

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Does Energy Have History?
  9. Chapter 2: Forces of Nature, Sources of Energy
  10. Chapter 3: The Value of Coal
  11. Chapter 4: Electric Resistance
  12. Chapter 5: Governing Energy
  13. Conclusion: Energy and Emancipation
  14. Acknowledgements
  15. Index

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