Mineral Rites - An Archaeology of the Fossil Economy

An audacious revision to the history of modernity, Mineral Rites shows how fossil fuels operate at the level of infrapolitics and how they permeate life as second nature.

About the author

Bob Johnson is the chair of the Department of Social Sciences and a professor of history at National University. He is the author of Carbon Nation: Fossil Fuels in the Making of American Culture.

Summary

An audacious revision to the history of modernity, Mineral Rites shows how fossil fuels operate at the level of infrapolitics and how they permeate life as second nature.

Product details

• Authors: Bob Johnson, Bob (Professor of History and Chair Johnson, Johnson Bob
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781421427560
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2756-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Energy Humanities; Energy Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Cultural Studies, Climate Change, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Pollution Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels, History of the Americas, Fossil fuel technologies, Pollution control, The Earth: Natural History General, Environmental policy and protocols