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Moral Energy in America : From the Progressive Era to the Atomic Bomb / Rebecca K. Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Rebecca K., author.
- Series:
- Energy humanities (Series)
- Energy Humanities Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy consumption--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Energy consumption.
- Energy industries--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Energy industries.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "This book offers an illuminating exploration of how the concept of energy shaped American thought, culture, and politics throughout the first half of the twentieth century. This essential history traces how politicians, sociologists, geographers, urban planners, economists, and intellectuals adopted the idea of energy to bolster their social programs and visions of the future through distinctive energy imaginaries"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Energizing the will : progressive energies
- Energizing Americanness : climatic energy and race
- Energizing culture : psychic energy and primitive waterways
- Erginette's beauty : energizing the economy
- Energizing the world : energetic ethics for an atomic age
- Epilogue : M.E.O.W.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421451428
- 1421451425
- OCLC:
- 1513420224
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