Mineral Rites: An Archaeology of the Fossil Economy

by Bob Johnson

An archaeology of Western energy culture that demystifies the role that fossil fuels play in the day-to-day rituals of modern life.

Spanning the past two hundred years, this book offers an alternative history of modernity that restores to fossil fuels their central role in the growth of capitalism and modernity itself, including the emotional attachments and real injuries that they generate and command. Everything about us--our bodies,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421427567
• ISBN13: 9781421427560
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher