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Author: Andreas Malm Publisher: Verso Books ISBN: 1784781304 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 694
Book Description
A sweeping study of how capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power—and contributed to the worsening climate crisis The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Andreas Malm claims it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. But why did manufacturers turn from traditional sources of power, notably water mills, to an engine fired by coal? Contrary to established views, steam offered neither cheaper nor more abundant energy—but rather superior control of subordinate labor. Animated by fossil fuels, capital could concentrate production at the most profitable sites and during the most convenient hours, as it continues to do today. Sweeping from nineteenth-century Manchester to the emissions explosion in China, from the original triumph of coal to the stalled shift to renewables, this study hones in on the burning heart of capital and demonstrates, in unprecedented depth, that turning down the heat will mean a radical overthrow of the current economic order. “The definitive deep history on how our economic system created the climate crisis. Superb, essential reading from one of the most original thinkers on the subject.” —Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine
Author: Andreas Malm Publisher: Verso Books ISBN: 1784781304 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 694
Book Description
A sweeping study of how capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power—and contributed to the worsening climate crisis The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Andreas Malm claims it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. But why did manufacturers turn from traditional sources of power, notably water mills, to an engine fired by coal? Contrary to established views, steam offered neither cheaper nor more abundant energy—but rather superior control of subordinate labor. Animated by fossil fuels, capital could concentrate production at the most profitable sites and during the most convenient hours, as it continues to do today. Sweeping from nineteenth-century Manchester to the emissions explosion in China, from the original triumph of coal to the stalled shift to renewables, this study hones in on the burning heart of capital and demonstrates, in unprecedented depth, that turning down the heat will mean a radical overthrow of the current economic order. “The definitive deep history on how our economic system created the climate crisis. Superb, essential reading from one of the most original thinkers on the subject.” —Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine
Author: J. S. Leigh Publisher: ISBN: 9781874181453 Category : Cotton manufacture Languages : en Pages : 103
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Preston was no ordinary town during the nineteenth century. While king cotton reigned supreme throughout Lancashire, the underlying ills associated with this industry were very often highlighted particularly starkly there. This book presents an indictment of the industrial system that caused such suffering to Preston's cotton 'martyrs'.
Author: George Makepeace Towle Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc. ISBN: 0894991175 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 228
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CONTENTS:Early InventorsLaurence Coster, the Discoverer of Type PrintingJohn Gutenberg, the Inventor of the Printing PressPalissy the PotterWilliam Lee, the Inventor of the Stocking FrameThe Builders of The EddystoneThe Inventors of Cotton MachineryJames Watt, the Inventor of the Steam EngineThe Montgolfiers and the BalloonHumphry Davy and the Safety LampJames Nasmyth and the Steam HammerGeorge Stephenson, the Inventor of the Railway LocomotiveRobert Stephenson, the Great Bridge BuilderRobert Fulton and the Steam BoatThe Struggles of Charles GoodyearElias Howe and the Sewing MachineIron and Its Workers
Author: W Hamish Fraser Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000420124 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 1600
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Features 8 volumes of British Trade Unions 1707-1918, reproduced in facsimile, showing the many significant pamphlets, essays, articles and letters from this important period in British history. Presented chronologically, the texts re-map the history of the trade union, contextualising its development from inception through to the 20th Century. Part 2 includes Volumes 5 to 8.
Author: Andreas Malm
Author: Andreas Malm
Author: J. S. Leigh
Author: John Hungerford Pollen
Author: Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
Author: Keith Johnson
Author: Atticus
Author: George Makepeace Towle
Author: W Hamish Fraser
Author: William Alexander Abram
Author: Philip Howard Earl of Arundel (Saint)