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035			_a(OCoLC)861478426 _z(OCoLC)936048881
050	0	0	_aHD9502.U52 _bJ658 2014
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100	1		_aJones, Christopher F.
245	1	0	_aRoutes of power : _benergy and modern America / _cChristopher F. Jones.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts. : _bHarvard University Press, _c2014.
300			_a312 pages ; _billustrations : _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aCoal's liquid pathways -- The anthracite energy transition -- Pennsylvania's petroleum boom -- Pipelines and power -- Taming the Susquehanna River -- The electrification of America.
520			_aThe fossil fuel revolution is usually rendered as a tale of historic advances in energy production. In this perspective-changing account, Christopher F. Jones instead tells a story of advances in energy access--canals, pipelines, and wires that delivered power in unprecedented quantities to cities and factories at a great distance from production sites. He shows that in the American mid-Atlantic region between 1820 and 1930, the construction of elaborate transportation networks for coal, oil, and electricity unlocked remarkable urban and industrial growth along the eastern seaboard. But this new transportation infrastructure did not simply satisfy existing consumer demand--it also whetted an appetite for more abundant and cheaper energy, setting the nation on a path toward fossil fuel dependence. Between the War of 1812 and the Great Depression, low-cost energy supplied to cities through a burgeoning delivery system allowed factory workers to mass-produce goods on a scale previously unimagined. It also allowed people and products to be whisked up and down the East Coast at speeds unattainable in a country dependent on wood, water, and muscle. But an energy-intensive America did not benefit all its citizens equally. It provided cheap energy to some but not others; it channeled profits to financiers rather than laborers; and it concentrated environmental harms in rural areas rather than cities. Today, those who wish to pioneer a more sustainable and egalitarian energy order can learn valuable lessons from this history of the nation's first steps toward dependence on fossil fuels.--Publisher description.
650		0	_aEnergy policy _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aEnergy development _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aPower resources _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aEnergy consumption _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aTransportation _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		7	_aEnergieversorgungsnetz. _0(DE-588)4631982-7 _2gnd
650		7	_aEnergieversorgung. _0(DE-588)4014736-8 _2gnd
650		7	_aStrukturwandel. _0(DE-588)4058136-6 _2gnd
651		7	_aUSA. _0(DE-588)4078704-7 _2gnd
650		7	_aEnergy consumption. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00909986
650		7	_aEnergy development. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00910034
650		7	_aEnergy policy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00910200
650		7	_aPower resources. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01074275
650		7	_aTransportation. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01155007
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655		7	_aHistory. _2lcgft
856	4	2	_3Book review (H-Net) _uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=43943
856	4	2	_3Book review (H-Net) _uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=47085
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