Coal and Empire : The Birth of Energy Security in Industrial America.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421417073
- 338.2/7240973
- HD9546 .S58 2015
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: In Which the President Seeks an Audience with the King -- 1 Empire and the Politics of Information -- 2 Engineering Economy -- 3 The Economy of Time and Space -- 4 The Slavery Solution -- 5 The Debate over Coaling Stations -- 6 Inventing Logistics -- Conclusion: Energy and Security in Perspective -- Chronological Listing of Cited Congressional Publications from the United States Serial Set -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
By exploring how the security dimensions of energy were not intrinsically linked to a particular source of power but rather to political choices about America's role in the world, Shulman ultimately suggests that contemporary global struggles over energy will never disappear, even if oil is someday displaced by alternative sources of power.
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