{"product_id":"energy-in-american-history-jeffrey-b-webb-9781440872143","title":"Energy in American History: A Political, Social, and Environmental Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContextualizes and analyzes the key energy transitions in U.S. history and the central importance of energy production and consumption on the American environment and in American culture and politics\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on the major energy transitions in U.S. history, from the pre-industrial era to the present day, this two-volume encyclopedia captures the major advancements, events, technologies, and people synonymous with the production and consumption of energy in the United States. Expert contributors show how, for example, the introduction of electricity and petroleum into ordinary American life facilitated periods of rapid social and political change, as well as profound and ongoing impacts on the environment. These developments have in many ways defined and accelerated the pace of modern life and led to vast improvements in living conditions for millions of people, just as they have also brought new fears of resource exhaustion and fossil-fuel induced climate change. Today, as America begins to move beyond the use of fossil fuels toward a greater reliance on renewables, including wind and solar energy, there is a pressing need to understand energy in America's past in order to better understand its energy future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey B. Webb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440872147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440872143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.20w x 2.60d","brand":"Jeffrey B. Webb","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45897449832703,"sku":"9781440872143","price":270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c049f84-c93c-47db-b97b-754f184d8818.jpg?v=1721373957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/energy-in-american-history-jeffrey-b-webb-9781440872143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}