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Energy and the Making of Modern California
James C. Williams’s history of energy development and use in California.
James C. Williams’s history of energy development and use in California.
Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Coal is a captivating narrative about an ordinary substance with an extraordinary impact on human civilization.
Vaclav Smil shows why energy transitions are inherently complex and prolonged affairs, and how ignoring this raises unrealistic expectations that the United States and other global economies can be weaned quickly from a primary dependency on fossil fuels.
This book is an exploration of the environmental makings and contested historical trajectories of environmental change in Turkey.