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Paradoxical harvest : energy and explanation in British history, 1870-1914 / Richard N. Adams.
LIBRA HC255 .A57 1982
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Richard N. (Richard Newbold), 1924-2018.
- Series:
- Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association
- Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy consumption--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Energy consumption.
- Energy consumption--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Economic history.
- History.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Economic conditions.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 141 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.
- Contents:
- 1 A historical overview, 1870-1914
- 2 Concepts and theory
- 3 The levelling off of energy consumption
- 4 The world structure expands
- 5 Triggering flows: trade, investment and invisibles
- 6 Triggering flows: skills
- 7 The case of grain agriculture
- 8 Advantages at home
- 9 The regulatory weakness of government
- 10 The relation of human energy to non-human energy
- 11 Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 130-134.
- ISBN:
- 0521246377
- OCLC:
- 8034795
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