How did the United States become the world's largest consumer of energy?
An edition of Consuming Power
(1997)
Consuming power
a social history of American energies
by David E. Nye
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How did the United States become the world's largest consumer of energy? In Consuming Power, David Nye shows that this is less a question about the development of technology than it is a question about the development of culture. Nye focuses on the lives of ordinary people engaged in normal activities, examining how these activities changed as new energy systems were constructed, from colonial times to recent years.
He also shows how, as Americans incorporated new machines and processes into their lives, they became ensnared in power systems that were not easily changed: they made choices about the conduct of their lives, and those choices accumulated to produce a consuming culture.
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Social aspects of Power resources, Social aspects of Energy consumption, Power resources, Energy consumption, Energieverbruik, Energievoorziening, Aspect social, Sociale aspecten, Énergie, Ressources énergétiques, Consommation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Industries, Energy, SCIENCE, Social aspects, United states, history, sources, Social history, modern, 1500-Places
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Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies
February 26, 1999, The MIT Press
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1998, MIT Press
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Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies
October 17, 1997, The MIT Press
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