The Birth of Energy: Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work

(Part of the Elements Series)

by Cara New Daggett

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In The Birth of Energy Cara New Daggett traces the genealogy of contemporary notions of energy back to the nineteenth-century science of thermodynamics to challenge the underlying logic that informs today's uses of energy. These early resource-based concepts of power first emerged during the Industrial Revolution and were tightly bound to Western capitalist domination and the politics of industrialized work. As Daggett shows, thermodynamics...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1478006323

ISBN13:9781478006329

Release Date:September 2019

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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