TY - BOOK AU - Gonzalez,George A. TI - Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States SN - 9781438442969 AV - HD9502.A2 -- G655 2012eb U1 - 333.792/30973 PY - 2012/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3408664 ER -