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Energy and Empire : The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (178 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781438442969
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Energy and EmpireDDC classification:
  • 333.792/30973
LOC classification:
  • HD9502.A2 -- G655 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Energy -- Chapter 2:The Political Economy of U.S. Energy Policy -- Chapter 3: U.S. Economic Elites, Nuclear Power,and Solar Energy -- Chapter 4: Urban Sprawl as Economic Stimulus -- Chapter 5: Global Oil Politics -- Chapter 6: Global Energy Politics and Urban Sprawl -- Conclusion: Urban Sprawl, Energy,and the Failure of Empire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Reveals the role played by political and economic elites in the privileging of civilian commercial nuclear energy over other options, such as solar, in the United States after 1945.
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Intro -- Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Energy -- Chapter 2:The Political Economy of U.S. Energy Policy -- Chapter 3: U.S. Economic Elites, Nuclear Power,and Solar Energy -- Chapter 4: Urban Sprawl as Economic Stimulus -- Chapter 5: Global Oil Politics -- Chapter 6: Global Energy Politics and Urban Sprawl -- Conclusion: Urban Sprawl, Energy,and the Failure of Empire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Reveals the role played by political and economic elites in the privileging of civilian commercial nuclear energy over other options, such as solar, in the United States after 1945.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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