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Energy and Society: The Relationship Between Energy, Social Change, and Economic Development (e-book)

Energy and Society: The Relationship Between Energy, Social Change, and Economic Development (e-book)

Published:
Updated: June 11, 2009, 10:34 pm
Topics: Energy
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Cutler J. Cleveland

First Published: 1955, McGraw-Hill, Book Company, New York, ISBN 0-8371-3679-2
Reprinted: with Permission of Fred Cottrell, 1970, Greenwood Press, Westport, CT
Revised Edition: with permission of Robert Cottrell, 2009, Encyclopedia of Earth
Author: W. Fred Cottrell (1903 – 1979)


Revised Edition Dedicated to: W. Fred Cottrell by his family, friends, faculty, students, researchers and all whose lives he touched.

  1. Chapter 1: Energy & Society
  2. Chapter 2: Organic Energy and the Low-Energy Society
  3. Chapter 3: Inorganic Energy Sources: Wind and Water
  4. Chapter 4: Sail and Trade
  5. Chapter 5: Steam: Key to the Industrial Revolution
  6. Chapter 6: The Historical Circumstances
  7. Chapter 7: The Industrialization of Agriculture
  8. Chapter 8: Changing Claims on the Distribution of Energy Surpluses
  9. Chapter 9: Capitalism in Theory and in Fact
  10. Chapter 10: Adaptations to New Technology
  11. Chapter 11: The Organization of Productive Effort
  12. Chapter 12: The Distribution of Consumer Goods
  13. Chapter 13: The Enlargement and Concentration of Political Power
  14. Chapter 14: Not One World, But Many
  15. Chapter 15: Ideological Unity and Economic Realism
  16. Chapter 16: Energy in a Contracting System

Citation

Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Cutler J. Cleveland (Topic Editor) "Energy and Society: The Relationship Between Energy, Social Change, and Economic Development (e-book)". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 11, 2009; Last revised Date June 11, 2009; Retrieved May 24, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Energy_and_Society:_The_Relationship_Between_Energy,_Social_Change,_and_Economic_Development_(e-book)>

The Author

Cutler J. Cleveland Cutler J. Cleveland  is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth.  He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)

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