Fueling Mexico - Energy and Environment, 1850-1950

List of contents

1. Introduction: Energy, environment, and history; 2. 1850s: Solar society; 3. The nature of growth; 4. Searching for rocks; 5. The other revolution; 6. 1950s: Fossil-fueled society; Conclusion; Index.

About the author

Germán Vergara is Assistant Professor of History at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Summary

Germán Vergara explains how, when, and why fossil fuels became the basis of Mexican society, comparing Mexico's fossil transition with those of other countries. The transition from a solar energy regime to one dependent on fossil fuels transformed Mexico's economy, politics, and culture - with serious environmental and social consequences.

Additional text

'Vergara provides an exquisite analysis of a captivating transition – Mexico's conversion from an agrarian country to an industrialized nation. Focusing on a complete panorama of energy, Vergara rewrites the modern history of Mexico accounting for how fossil fuels seeped into all aspects of society. The result is a tremendous piece of scholarship.' Emily Wakild, Boise State University

Product details

• Authors: Germán Vergara, German (Georgia Institute of Technology) Vergara
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108831277
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83127-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Studies in Environment and History
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Mexico, NATURE / General, Environmental Economics, Pollution & threats to the environment, Pollution and threats to the environment, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history