Burning up : a global history of fossil fuel consumption / / Simon Pirani |
Autore | Pirani Simon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Pluto Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.7387 |
Soggetto topico |
Fossil fuels - Environmental aspects
Fossil fuels - Economic aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-78680-312-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910309959403321 |
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Burning Up : a global history of fossil fuel consumption / / Simon Pirani |
Autore | Pirani Simon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Pluto Press, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Soggetto topico | Energy consumption |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Units of Measurement -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Contexts -- 1. Fossil Fuels Before 1950 -- 2. Energy Technologies -- 3. Energy in Society -- 4. Fossil Fuel Consumption in Numbers -- Part II: Chronologies -- 5. The 1950s and 1960s: Post-War Boom -- 6. The 1970s: Crises and Oil Price Shocks -- 7. Patterns of Electrification -- 8. The 1980s: Recession and Recovery -- 9. The 1990s: Shunning the Global Warming Challenge -- 10. The 2000s: Acceleration Renewed -- Part III: Reflections -- 11. Interpretations and Ideologies -- 12. Possibilities -- 13. Conclusions -- Appendices -- Notes -- Further Reading and Bibliography -- Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Burning Up |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476791503321 |
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Change in Putin's Russia [[electronic resource] ] : power, money and people / / Simon Pirani |
Autore | Pirani Simon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Pluto Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Economic development - Russia (Federation) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-84964-369-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456319503321 |
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Change in Putin's Russia [[electronic resource] ] : power, money and people / / Simon Pirani |
Autore | Pirani Simon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Pluto Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Economic development - Russia (Federation) |
ISBN | 1-84964-369-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781155503321 |
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Change in Putin's Russia : power, money and people / / Simon Pirani |
Autore | Pirani Simon |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Pluto Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.947009049 |
Soggetto topico | Economic development - Russia (Federation) |
ISBN | 1-84964-369-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- List of photographs, figures and tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Putin's Russia in deep focus -- 1. From Gorbachev to Yeltsin -- Soviet and post-Soviet elites (1986-91) -- Yeltsin's Russia and the world (1992-95) -- 2. From Yeltsin to Putin -- The weak state and the oligarchs (1995-96) -- Society Shattered -- Yeltsin's second term and the financial crash (1996-99) -- 3. Power and Money: The Economic Foundations -- How the Economy Changed -- The shifting balance of oil power -- Russia and the resource curse -- 4. Power and Money: The Economic Foundations -- Enter the men from the KGB (1999-2002) -- The state taekse charge of oil and gas (2002-07) -- The energy weapon -- 5. Power and Money: From Oil Boom to Bust -- The oil boom (2002-07) -- The world crisis takes its toll (2007 -09) -- 6 Power and People: How Russia is Ruled -- The war that made Putin -- 'Managed Democracty' and its limits -- 7. People and Money: Human Development Dilemmas -- The demographic and health crisis -- The widening gap between rich and poor -- Social policy under Putin -- 8. People: Parties, Unions and NGOs -- The political opposition -- Movements for human rights and the environment, and other NGOs -- What about the workers? -- 9. People: Parties, Unions and NGOs -- The welfare benefits revolt -- Housing rights action -- An array of causes -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Glossary of Russaian words and abbreviations -- Chronology -- Further reading -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818003503321 |
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