Carbon Technocracy: East Asian Energy Regimes and the Industrial Modern, 1900-1957
| Author | : Victor Kian Giap Seow |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2014 |
| ISBN-10 | : OCLC:882196624 |
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| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Carbon Technocracy: East Asian Energy Regimes and the Industrial Modern, 1900-1957 by : Victor Kian Giap Seow
Download or read book Carbon Technocracy: East Asian Energy Regimes and the Industrial Modern, 1900-1957 written by Victor Kian Giap Seow and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carbon Technocracy argues for the centrality of fossil fuel energy to the making of global industrial modernity and to the emergence of East Asian technocratic imaginaries in the first half of the twentieth century. It advances the premise that coal and later oil enabled not only the transformation of human society's material foundations, but also allowed for new kinds of publics and politics.