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100 1 _aShulman, Peter A.
245 1 0 _aCoal and Empire :
_bThe Birth of Energy Security in Industrial America.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aBaltimore :
_bJohns Hopkins University Press,
_c2015.
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _a1 online resource (333 pages)
336 _atext
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505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aBy 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aCoal trade-Political aspects-United States-History-19th century.
650 0 _aEnergy policy-United States-History-19th century.
650 0 _aIndustrialization-Political aspects-United States-History-19th century.
650 0 _aUnited States-Foreign relations-1865-.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aShulman, Peter A.
_tCoal and Empire
_dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2015
_z9781421417066
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3433435
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