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Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Birth of Energy by Cara New Daggett Cara New Daggett traces the genealogy of the idea of energy from the Industrial Revolution to the present, showing how it has informed fossil fuel imperialism, the governance of work, and our relationship to the Earth. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In The Birth of Energy Cara New Daggett traces the genealogy of contemporary notions of energy back to the nineteenth-century science of thermodynamics to challenge the underlying logic that informs todays uses of energy. These early resource-based concepts of power first emerged during the Industrial Revolution and were tightly bound to Western capitalist domination and the politics of industrialized work. As Daggett shows, thermodynamics was deployed as an imperial science to govern fossil fuel use, labor, and colonial expansion, in part through a hierarchical ordering of humans and nonhumans. By systematically excavating the historical connection between energy and work, Daggett argues that only by transforming the politics of work-most notably, the veneration of waged work-will we be able to confront the Anthropocenes energy problem. Substituting one source of energy for another will not ensure a habitable planet; rather, the concepts of energy and work themselves must be decoupled. Author Biography Cara New Daggett is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Putting the World to Work 1 Part I. The Birth of Energy 1. The Novelty of Energy 15 2. A Steampunk Production 33 3. A Geo-Theology of Energy 51 4. Work Becomes Energetic 83 Part II. Energy, Race, and Empire 5. Energopolitics 107 6. The Imperial Organism at Work 132 7. Education for Empire 162 Conclusion. A Post-Work Energy Politics 187 Notes 207 Bibliography 239 Index 255 Review "Cara New Daggetts The Birth of Energy is a landmark work in the emergent field of energy humanities. In it, Daggett offers a brilliant genealogy of our modern conception of energy, explaining how Victorian empire, evolutionary theory, Presbyterianism, and thermodynamics helped to refashion the Aristotelian idea of energy as dynamic virtue into a phenomenon having to do with the movement of matter and, above all, labor. Now facing a world warmed by burning fossil fuels, Daggett gives us a roadmap to thinking energy beyond the Protestant ethic of perpetual work." -- Dominic Boyer, author of * Energopolitics: Wind and Power in the Anthropocene *"This complex, ambitious book represents a significant contribution to energy studies, offering an innovative history that situates the scientific discovery of energy within nineteenth-century cultures of imperialism, industrialization, and the governance of work. Cara New Daggett helps reframe the Anthropocene as the most recent realization of our profoundly misguided understanding of energy." -- Stephanie LeMenager, author of * Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century *"The Birth of Energy is without doubt a landmark contribution to energy humanities and political theory, and one that greatly enriches and advances conceptual debates about energy and work in the Anthropocene." -- James Palmer * Antipode *"The Birth of Energy is a major contribution to the environmental humanities that speaks to the notion of political ecology in the most literal sense." -- Gustav Cederlöf * Journal of Political Ecology *"The book is at its strongest when diagnosing the reverberations of the past in the current moment…. The Birth of Energy has much to offer to scholars engaged in questions of fossil fuels, imperialism, labor, and environmental politics." -- Jennifer Thomson * Environmental History *"Daggetts The Birth of Energy is an impressive book, timely in our political and ecological climate and thorough in its systematic narration of energy in the Victorian period.... The book will appeal to a range of scholars, including those interested in the history of science, the energy humanities, global nineteenth-century studies, and post-colonial studies." -- Kameron Sanzo * Victorian Review *"The Birth of Energy is packed with fascinating details, and Daggett provides an impressive synthesis of a wide range of scholarship on energy.... Daggett argues for interrogating our received concepts and ways of knowing." -- Alyssa Battistoni * Perspectives on Politics * Review Quote "This complex, ambitious book represents a significant contribution to energy studies, offering an innovative history that situates the scientific discovery of energy within nineteenth-century cultures of imperialism, industrialization, and the governance of work. Cara New Daggett helps reframe the Anthropocene as the most recent realization of our profoundly misguided understanding of energy." Details ISBN1478006323 Author Cara New Daggett Publisher Duke University Press Series Elements Year 2019 ISBN-10 1478006323 ISBN-13 9781478006329 Format Paperback Imprint Duke University Press Subtitle Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Pages 280 DEWEY 333.79 Publication Date 2019-09-13 Short Title The Birth of Energy Language English UK Release Date 2019-09-13 AU Release Date 2019-09-13 NZ Release Date 2019-09-13 US Release Date 2019-09-13 Illustrations 7 illustrations Alternative 9781478005018 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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ISBN-13: 9781478006329

Book Title: The Birth of Energy

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Publication Name: The Birth of Energy: Fossil Fuels, Thermodynamics, and the Politics of Work

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