Energy Citizenship - Coal and Democracy in the American Century

Trish Kahle reveals miners as forgers of a coal-fired social contract that was contested throughout the twentieth century as Americans sought to define the meaning of citizenship in an energy-intensive democracy.

List of contents

Note on Graphic Content
Introduction. The Paradox of Coal-Fired Democracy
Part I: Forging (1880–1950)
1. Civil War in the Coalfield State
2. National Problem, National Obligation
3. War and Peace
Part II: Stasis (1950–1969)
First Interlude: Between Deep Time and the Future
4. Atomic Menace
5. An Inherent Danger of Explosion
Part III: Renegotiation (1969–1972)
Second Interlude: This Total-Energy Dream
6. Walk Out—Before They Carry You Out
7. If Letcher County Was a Pie . . .
8. Jobs, Lives, and Land
Part IV: Bounding (1973–1981)
Third Interlude: East and West
9. Rights and Obligations
10. A Revolution of Declining Expectations
Conclusion. Energy Citizenship in Transition
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index

About the author

Trish Kahle is a historian of energy, work, and politics at Georgetown University Qatar and coleads the Energy Humanities Research Initiative at the Center for International and Regional Studies.

Summary

Trish Kahle reveals miners as forgers of a coal-fired social contract that was contested throughout the twentieth century as Americans sought to define the meaning of citizenship in an energy-intensive democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Trish Kahle
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2024
• EAN: 9780231215442
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21544-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Public Administration, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, history; social science; political science