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UNINA9910779680703321 |
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Autore |
Mazur Allan |
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Titolo |
Energy and electricity in industrial nations : the sociology and technology of energy / / Allan Mazur |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-20739-2 |
0-203-09448-4 |
1-299-48103-5 |
1-136-20740-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Energy consumption - Social aspects - United States |
Power resources - Social aspects - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. I. The big picture -- pt. II. Energy sources and consumption : using more, and more, and more ... -- pt. III. Electric power -- pt. IV. Energy controversies -- pt. V. Progress and regress. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the engineers and industrialists do not understand the societal forces in which they operate. In this book, Allan Mazur, an engineer and a sociologist, explains energy technologies for nontechnical readers and analyses the sociology of energy. The book gives an overview of energy policy in industrialised countries including analysis of climat |
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