“The People’s Fuel”: Turf in Ireland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
This article examines in detail the trends in turf production and consumption in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, noting its striking resilience.
This article examines in detail the trends in turf production and consumption in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, noting its striking resilience.
This essay contests the traditional narrative of the gas revolution in the Netherlands. To illustrate the domestic roots of revolutionary change, the essay focuses on gas use in households.
Taylor and Chappells examine changing material cultures of energy in Britain and Canada.
Ruth Sandwell examines people’s energy-related experiences in the transition from the organic to the mineral fuel regime in Canada.
Odinn Melsted traces Reykjavík’s transition from coal to geothermal energy.
This volume of Perspectives offers a collection of largely untold stories that demonstrate women’s agency in energy transitions.
This volume of Perspectives offers case studies of energy transitions within everyday environments over the last two centuries, from Europe to South Asia, to North and Latin America.