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020 _a9781849713849
041 _aeng
082 _a333.790948
_bSOR-H
100 _aSorensen, Bent
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245 _aHistory of energy:
_bnorthern Europe from the stone age to the present day /
_cby Bent sorensen
260 _bEarthscan,
_c2012.
_aNew York:
300 _ax, 540 p.
505 _a1. 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
520 _aSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
650 _aPower resources --Denmark --History.
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942 _cBK