Transitions in the Niger Delta: Oil, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation
Helbert raises the issue of justice in energy transitions by looking at the discrimination faced by women in oil regions of Nigeria.
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Women and Energy in the Ruhr Area of West Germany, 1950s–1980s
Dolata brings to light how the conflicts faced by women has shaped their agency in energy transitions.
Our Own Memories: Women’s Experiences of Rural Electrification
This edited radio-show transcript provides personal accounts of women’s experiences in rural Ireland during the transition to electricity.
Fear and Anxiety on the Energy Frontier: Understanding Women’s Early Encounters with Fossil Fuels in the Home
Looking to rural Canada, the author shows how women’s concerns for family safety drove energy choices and supplier campaigns.
Illuminating Women: The Case of Candles in the English Home, 1815–1900
Sayer looks at candles as an example of how less prominant energy sources and uses play key roles in energy transitions.
Rethinking the Agency of Women in Energy Management: Early British Debates on Electrification
Gooday challenges established assumptions about the inevitability of modern energy decisions and places the agency of women in the foreground of domestic electrification.
Gender and Agency in the Anthropocene: Energy, Women, and the Home in Twentieth-Century Britain
Taylor examines the conflicts faced by women during energy transitions as professionals in energy management and as primary managers of domestic energy use.
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This volume of Perspectives offers a collection of largely untold stories that demonstrate women’s agency in energy transitions.
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Godzilla as the Bridge: The Destruction of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Fukushima
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West Germany and the Iron Curtain: Environment, Economy, and Culture in the Borderlands
Astrid M. Eckert’s West Germany and the Iron Curtain takes a fresh look at the history of Cold War Germany and the German reunification process from the spatial perspective of the West German borderlands that emerged along the volatile inter-German border after 1945.