Main entry:

Malm, Andreas, 1977- author.

Title & Author:

Fossil capital : the rise of steam power and the roots of global warming / Andreas Malm.

Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2016.

Description:

488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-468) and index (pages [469]-488).
In the heat of the past : towards a history of the fossil economy -- Scarcity, progress, the nature of the human species? : Theories of the rise of steam -- The long life of the flow : industrial energy before coal -- 'There are mighty energies in those masses' : mobilising power in a time of crisis -- Puzzles of the transition : the lasting advantages of water -- Fleeing the flowing commons : the expansion of waterpower that never happened -- A ticket to the town : advantages of steam in space -- A force to count on : advantages of steam in time -- 'No government but fuel' : the derivation of power from coal in bourgeois ideology -- 'Go and stop the smoke!' : the moment of resistance against steam -- A long trail of smoke : the fossil economy consummated -- The myth of the human enterprise : towards a different theory -- Fossil capital : the energy basis of bourgeois property relations -- China as chimney of the world : fossil capital today -- A return to the flow? : Obstacles to the transition -- Time to pull the plugs : on CO₂ as an effluent of power.

Summary:

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 labour. 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--Publisher's description.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9781784781293 (paperback)
1784781290 (paperback)
9781784781323 (hardcover)
1784781320 (hardcover)
(US)
9781784781309
(UK)
9781784781316

Subject:

Industries Energy consumption Great Britain History 19th century.
Industrial revolution Environmental aspects Great Britain.
Steam-engines Great Britain History 19th century.
Fossil fuels Economic aspects History.
Energy policy Environmental aspects History.
Global warming History.
Climatic changes History.
Industrie Consommation d'énergie Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Révolution industrielle Aspect de l'environnement Grande-Bretagne.
Machines à vapeur Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Combustibles fossiles Aspect économique Histoire.
Politique énergétique Aspect de l'environnement Histoire.
Réchauffement de la Terre Histoire.
Climat Changements Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Environmental Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Environmental Economics.
Climatic changes
Energy policy Environmental aspects
Fossil fuels Economic aspects
Global warming
Industries Energy consumption
Steam-engines
Dampfkraftwerk
Klimaänderung
Revolució industrial Aspectes ambientals.
Combustibles fòssils Aspectes ambientals.
Política energètica Aspectes ambientals.
Escalfament global Història.
Canvis climàtics Història.
Industri.
Industriella revolutionen miljöaspekter.
Energiförbrukning.
Ångmaskiner.
Ångteknik.
Fossila bränslen ekonomiska aspekter.
Energipolitik miljöaspekter.
Miljöpolitik.
Global uppvärmning.
Klimatförändringar.
Historia.
Great Britain

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293681
Call No.: BIB 238797
Status: Available