05591nam 2201429 450 991079085500332120221006103230.00-691-16822-91-4008-4888-110.1515/9781400848881(CKB)2550000001165810(EBL)1458116(SSID)ssj0001173691(PQKBManifestationID)11720162(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001173691(StDuBDS)EDZ0001748361(OCoLC)864382104(DE-B1597)453966(OCoLC)979579871(DE-B1597)9781400848881(Au-PeEL)EBL1458116(CaPaEBR)ebr10811820(CaONFJC)MIL547273(PPN)195532716(PPN)187962286(MiAaPQ)EBC1458116(EXLCZ)99255000000116581020130910h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPower to the people energy in Europe over the last five centuries /Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima, Paul WardeCourse BookPrinceton, NJ :Princeton University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (473 p.)The Princeton economic history of the Western worldDescription based upon print version of record.0-691-14362-5 1-306-16022-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Pre-industrial economies -- pt. 2. The first industrial revolution -- pt. 3. The second and third industrial revolutions.Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita energy consumption, and how the First Industrial Revolution in the eighteenth century--fueled by coal and steam engines--redrew the economic, social, and geopolitical map of Europe and the world. The Second Industrial Revolution continued this energy expansion and social transformation through the use of oil and electricity, but after 1970 Europe entered a new stage in which energy consumption has stabilized. This book challenges the view that the outsourcing of heavy industry overseas is the cause, arguing that a Third Industrial Revolution driven by new information and communication technologies has played a major stabilizing role. Power to the People offers new perspectives on the challenges posed today by climate change and peak oil, demonstrating that although the path of modern economic development has vastly increased our energy use, it has not been a story of ever-rising and continuous consumption. The book sheds light on the often lengthy and complex changes needed for new energy systems to emerge, the role of energy resources in economic growth, and the importance of energy efficiency in promoting growth and reducing future energy demand.Princeton economic history of the Western world.Power resourcesEuropeHistoryEurope.European economy.GDP.Industrial Age.agriculture.capital.carbon dioxide emissions.climate change.climate.coal.development blocks.economic development.economic efficiency.economic growth.economic structure.electricity generation.electricity.energy consumption.energy demand.energy economy.energy efficiency.energy expansion.energy intensity.energy productivity.energy regime.energy sources.energy supply.energy transitions.energy.food consumption.fossil fuels.fuels.heavy industry.industrial growth.industrial revolution.information technology.innovation.internal combustion engine.iron.labor.land.macro-innovation.market suction.market widening.metallurgy.non-organic energy sources.nuclear energy.oil.organic economy.organic energy sources.peak oil.peat.pollution.population.power.renewable energy.steam engine.steam power.technology.thermodynamic efficiency.transport.urbanization.Power resourcesHistory.333.79094ZP 3050rvkKander Astrid1464659Malanima Paolo121439Warde Paul323134MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790855003321Power to the people3674416UNINA