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Reconstructing the History of Copper and Silver Mining in Schwaz, Tirol
This study brings together research in a variety of disciplines to reconstruct the history of mining in Schwaz, Tirol.
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Energy (and) Colonialism, Energy (In)Dependence: Africa, Europe, Greenland, North America
What does history tell us about energy transitions? What do energy transitions tell us about the history of colonialism? This volume of RCC Perspectives presents five histories of colonial projects that transformed potential energy sources in Africa, Europe, North America, and Greenland into mechanical energy for wealth production.
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Catalyst for Transition: The Anschluss, Kaprun, and a Dual Energy Transition, 1938–1955
This essay considers how the Kaprun project launched by Germany drove two critical but neglected energy transitions in postwar Austria.