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First MIT Press paperback edition

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2018

vii, 552 stran : ilustrace ; 23 cm

ISBN 978-0-262-53616-5 (brožováno)

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Preface and Acknowledgments ix // 1 Energy and Society 1 // Flows, Stores, and Controls 4 // Concepts and Measures 8 // Complexities and Caveats 17 // 2 Energy in Prehistory 21 // Foraging Societies 28 // Origins of Agriculture 41 // 3 Traditional Farming 49 // Commonalities and Peculiarities // Field Work 53 // The Dominance of Grains 57 // Cropping Cycles 62 // Routes to Intensification 65 // Draft Animals 66 // Irrigation 76 // Fertilization 82 // Crop Diversity 85 // Persistence and Innovation 87 // Ancient Egypt 88 // China 90 // Mesoamerican Cultures 97 // Europe 99 // North America 106 // 52 // vi // Contents // The Limits of Traditional Farming 110 // Achievements 111 // Nutrition 118 // Limits 120 // 4 Preindustrial Prime Movers and Fuels 127 // Prime Movers 130 // Animate Power 132 // Water Power 146 // Wind Power 157 // Biomass Fuels 163 // Wood and Charcoal 164 // Crop Residues and Dung 169 // Household Needs 171 // Food Preparation 172 // Heat and Light 174 // Transportation and Construction 177 // Moving on Land 178 // Oared Ships and Sail Ships 187 // Buildings and Structures 197 // Metallurgy 207 // Nonferrous Metals 208 // Iron and Steel 211 // Warfare 217 // Animate Energies 217 // Explosives and Guns 222 // 5 Fossil Fuels, Primary Electricity, and Renewables 225 // The Great Transition 228 // The Beginnings and Diffusion of Coal Extraction 229 // From Charcoal to Coke 234 // Steam Engines 235 // Oil and Internal Combustion Engines 245 // Electricity 254 // Technical Innovations 267 // Coals 271 // Hydrocarbons 274 // Electricity 281 // Renewable Energies 284 // Prime Movers in Transportation 289 // 6 Fossil-Fueled Civilization 295 // Unprecedented Power and Its Uses 296 // Energy in Agriculture 306 // Industrialization 313 // Transportation 324 // Information and Communication 333 // Economic Growth 344 // Consequences and Concerns 351 //

Urbanization 352 // Quality of Life 355 // Political Implications 364 // Weapons and Wars 368 // Environmental Changes 381 // 7 Energy in World History 385 // Grand Patterns of Energy Use 385 // Energy Eras and Transitions 387 // Long-Term Trends and Falling Costs 397 // What Has Not Changed? 407 // Between Determinism and Choice 417 // Imperatives of Energy Needs and Uses 418 // The Importance of Controls 425 // The Limits of Energy Explanations 430 // Addenda 443 // Basic Measures 443 // Scientific Units and Their Multiples and Submultiples 445 // Chronology of Energy-Related Developments 446 // Power in History 456 // Bibliographical Notes 459 // References 463 // Name Index 531 // Subject Index 535