02497cam a2200457 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000470009502000440014202000310018602000280021704000280024504100090027304200080028204300120029005000240030208200180032610000320034424500930037624600200046926400550048930000520054433600260059633700280062233800270065050400660067750503480074352003470109165000730143865000780151165000570158965000680164665000800171465000760179465100440187065100500191485600750196418299007BJBSDDR20240807101219.0ta140911s2015    mduab    b    001 0 eng    a  2014035090  a9781421417066 (hardcover : acidfree paper)  a1421417065 (hardcover : acidfree paper)  z9781421417073 (electronic)  z1421417073 (electronic)  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  aeng   apcc  an-us---14aHD 9546bS562c 201500a338.2/72409731 aShulman, Peter A., d1979- 10aCoal & empire :bthe birth of energy security in industrial America /cPeter A. Shulman.3 aCoal and empire 1aBaltimore :bJohns Hopkins University Press,c2015  axii, 317 pages :billustrations, maps ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (page 235-296) and index.0 aAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Empire and the Politics of Information
2. Engineering Economy
3. The Economy of Time and Space
4. The Slavery Solution
5. The Debate over Coaling Station
6. Inventing Logistics
Conclusion
Chronological Listing of Cited Congressional Publicationsfrom the United States Serial Set
NotesBibliographic Essay
Index.
  aBy exploring how the security dimensions of energy were not intrinsically linked to a particular source of power but rather to political choices about America's role in the world, Shulman ultimately suggests that contemporary global struggles over energy will never disappear, even if oil is someday displaced by alternative sources of power. 0aCoal tradexPolitical aspectszUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 4aComercio del carbón xAspectos políticos zEstados Unidos ySiglo XIX 0aEnergy policyzUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 4aPolítica energética zEstados Unidos xHistoria ySiglo XIX 0aIndustrializationxPolitical aspectszUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 4aIndustrialización xAspectos políticos zEstados Unidos ySiglo XIX 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationsy1865- 4aEstados Unidos xRelaciones exterioresy1865-423Book review (H-Net)uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=44968