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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823530303321

Autore

Di Muzio Tim

Titolo

Carbon capitalism : energy, social reproduction and world order / / Tim Di Muzio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Rowman & Littlefield International, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78348-099-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

333.79

Soggetti

Energy security - Political aspects

Energy consumption - Political aspects

Fossil fuels - Political aspects

Natural resources - Political aspects

Capitalism

Geopolitics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Ch01. Carbon Capitalism and Petro-Market Civilization; Ch02. The Political Economy of Petro-Market Civilization; Ch03. The Birth of Petro-Market Civilization in Britain; Ch04. The Expansion of Petro-Market Civilization in the United States; Ch05. Global Carbon Capitalism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As fossil fuels deplete, what happens to capitalist political economies they support? This book examines a new theory for understanding energy, social reproduction and capitalism.