The Resource Routes of power : energy and modern America, Christopher F. Jones
Routes of power : energy and modern America, Christopher F. Jones
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- Summary
- Main Description:The 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (321 pages)
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Coal's liquid pathways
- The anthracite energy transition
- Pennsylvania's petroleum boom
- Pipelines and power
- Taming the Susquehanna River
- The electrification of America
- Isbn
- 9780674419612
- Label
- Routes of power : energy and modern America
- Title
- Routes of power
- Title remainder
- energy and modern America
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher F. Jones
- Subject
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- Energieübertragung
- Energy consumption
- Energy consumption -- United States -- History
- Energy development
- Energy development -- United States -- History
- Energy policy
- Energy policy -- United States -- History
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- History
- Power resources
- Power resources -- United States -- History
- Transportation
- Transportation -- United States -- History
- United States
- Electronic books
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Main Description:The 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
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jones, Christopher F
- Dewey number
- 333.790973
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- HD9502.U52
- LC item number
- .J658 2014eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Energy policy
- Energy development
- Power resources
- Energy consumption
- Transportation
- HISTORY
- Energy consumption
- Energy development
- Energy policy
- Power resources
- Transportation
- United States
- Energieübertragung
- Label
- Routes of power : energy and modern America, Christopher F. Jones
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Coal's liquid pathways -- The anthracite energy transition -- Pennsylvania's petroleum boom -- Pipelines and power -- Taming the Susquehanna River -- The electrification of America
- Control code
- 882257921
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (321 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674419612
- Lccn
- 2013035785
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
- 10.4159/harvard.9780674419612
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt6n0xxb
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)882257921
- Label
- Routes of power : energy and modern America, Christopher F. Jones
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Coal's liquid pathways -- The anthracite energy transition -- Pennsylvania's petroleum boom -- Pipelines and power -- Taming the Susquehanna River -- The electrification of America
- Control code
- 882257921
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (321 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674419612
- Lccn
- 2013035785
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.4159/harvard.9780674419612
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt6n0xxb
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)882257921
Subject
- Energieübertragung
- Energy consumption
- Energy consumption -- United States -- History
- Energy development
- Energy development -- United States -- History
- Energy policy
- Energy policy -- United States -- History
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- History
- Power resources
- Power resources -- United States -- History
- Transportation
- Transportation -- United States -- History
- United States
- Electronic books
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