»The book is highly relevant for scholars of energy and society, especially for those looking for new ways of analysing relations between energy, culture, politics and technology. All the essays are fresh, new and inspiring for scholars investigating energy and society in Europe as well as in other countries.«
Jytte Thorndahl, ICON, 20/1 (2014)

»Ein kohärenter Band, dessen Beiträge um das Verhältnis von Energie, Technologie und Gesellschaftsentwicklung kreisen und Rüdiger Graf, H-Soz-u-Kult, 24.09.2012
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ETDE, 7 (2012)

Abundant, salutary, problematic - energy makes history. As a symbol, resource and consumer good, it shapes technologies, politics, societies and cultural world views. Focussing on a range of energy types, from electricity and oil to bioenergy, this volume analyzes the social, cultural and political concepts and discourses of energy and their implementation and materialization within technical systems, applications, media representations and consumer practice. By examining and connecting production, mediation and consumption aspects from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, the book offers an innovative view on how energy is imagined, discussed, staged and used.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783837619645
Publisert
2012-05-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Transcript Verlag
Vekt
992 gr
Høyde
23 mm
Bredde
15 mm
Dybde
2 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
338

Biografisk notat

Nina Möllers (PhD) is researcher at the Deutsches Museum (Munich) and curator of the Rachel Carson Center. Her research interests include Museum and Environmental Studies, History of Technology and the American South. Karin Zachmann (PhD) is Professor of History of Technology at the Technical University of Munich. She is known for her scholarship on engineering professions and technical education, history of consumption, and gender history.