A history of energy : Northern Europe from [the] Stone Age to the present day /
Bent Sørensen.
- Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Earthscan, 2012.
- x, 540 p. :
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
1.Introduction: Climate background and Eem visitors -- 2. Weichselian stone age : Coping with the cold North -- 3. Late stone age : More settlements and transitions -- 4.Agriculture, trade, and metals -- 5.Migration and exploration by land and sea -- 6.Medieval society : Church building and a little dissent -- 7.Renaissance : The missed opportunities -- 8. Aftermath : Ecological disasters and counter-measures -- 9.Industrialisation and infrastructure development -- 10. Electricity : wind or coal? -- 11.Oil, nuclear (no thanks!) and natural gas -- 12.Conflicting directions : Renewable energy and decentralisation in a world of 13.globalisation and growing consumption.
Power resources--Social aspects--History.--Europe, Northern Power resources--History.--Denmark Power resources--Environmental aspects--History.--Europe, Northern Power resources--Environmental aspects--History.--Denmark Human ecology--History.--Europe, Northern Human ecology--History.--Denmark