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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Verso Books
Publication date
January 12, 2016
Pages
488
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781784781293
ISBN-10
1784781290
Dimensions
1.25 by 6 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.64 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$29.95
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming | Down to Earth, Politics in the New Climatic Regime | The Progress of This Storm: Nature and Society in a Warming World (Verso Futures) | Climate Leviathan | The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (Berlin Family Lectures) | Capitalism in the Web of Life | Caliban and the Witch
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power
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 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.
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 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.
Editions
Hardcover
from Verso Books (March 15, 2016); titled "Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming"
9781784781323 | details & prices | 488 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.78 lbs | List price $95.00
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Verso Books (January 12, 2016); titled "Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming"
9781784781293 | details & prices | 488 pages | 6.00 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.64 lbs | List price $29.95
About: How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam powerThe more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn.
About: How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam powerThe more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn.
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