History of energy: northern Europe from the stone age to the present day /
by Bent sorensen
- New York: Earthscan, 2012.
- x, 540 p.
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 Globalisation and Growing Consumption. Index
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.