In the Servitude of Power: Energy and Civilization Through the Ages

by Daniel Hémery, Jean-Paul Deléage, Jean-Claude Debeir

Book Overview

This stimulating, informative and at times frightening book provides an overall history of energy usage as a fundamental factor in the evolution of the world's major civilizations, from pre-history to the present day. It serves as a history of human impact on the biosphere and the consequences of this for the rise and fall of civilizations.

The authors look in detail at how different forms of energy use have shaped society in the earliest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0862329434
• ISBN13: 9780862329433
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"