TY - BOOK AU - Sørensen,Bent TI - A history of energy: Northern Europe from [the] Stone Age to the present day SN - 9781849713849 (hbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 333.790948 PY - 2012/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon [England], New York PB - Earthscan KW - Power resources KW - Social aspects KW - Europe, Northern KW - History KW - Denmark KW - Environmental aspects KW - Human ecology KW - Environmental conditions N1 - "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 ER -