The Energy Reader
Book Details
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN1405199830
ISBN-139781405199834
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank2,358,465
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Energy Reader presents a series of readings that examine the energy problem from an anthropological perspective and look at energy holistically, including social and cultural components and long term implications for global and social environmental change. Â
- Brings a unique critical approach to the problem of energy and its complexity
- Presents the topic as both a human and a technological problem, differentiating long-term perspectives from short term fixes
- Includes coverage of the politics of energy, the protection of future generations, the avoidance of dangerous waste products, efficiency, resilience, and democratic relevance
- Features selections drawn from the work of physicists, economists, business experts, engineers, journalists, historians, and entrepreneurs
