02457cam a22003857i 4500 123101 20230410115507.0 160720s2012 bcc b 001 0 eng c 19183343 acquire 1 shelf copy policy default lcc bk 2016417792 9781553659785 (cloth) 9781553659792 (ebook) (OCoLC)ocn777601880 NLC eng NLC BTCTA rda BDX YDXCP OCLCO VP@ YBM YOU LML IQU IXA CDX LRU ZCU PUL YUS OCLCF HEBIS N5L OCLCQ S3O DLC pcc HD 9560.6 N692e 2012 Nikiforuk, Andrew, 1955- The energy of slaves : oil and the new servitude / Andrew Nikiforuk. Oil and the new servitude Vancouver, British Columbia ; Berkeley [Calif.] : Greystone Books ; Vancouver, BC : David Suzuki Foundation ; 2012. xii, 282 p. ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-269) and index. The energy of slaves -- Slaves to energy -- The oil pioneer -- The new servitude -- The unsettling of agriculture -- The Viagra of the species -- The urban fire -- The economist's delusion -- Peak science -- The petrostate -- The surplus devolution -- Oil and happiness -- Japan and the fragility of the petroleum age. By the winner of the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. Ancient civilizations relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe emperors, and build cities. Nineteenth-century slaveholders viewed critics as hostilely as oil companies and governments now regard environmentalists. Yet the abolition movement had an invisible ally: coal and oil. As the world's most versatile workers, fossil fuels replenished slavery's ranks with combustion engines and other labor-saving tools. Since then, cheap oil has transformed politics, economics, science, agriculture, and ... Petroleum industry and trade Social aspects. Petroleum industry and trade Moral and ethical aspects. Energy policy Social aspects. Energy policy Moral and ethical aspects. Petróleo Industria y comercio Aspectos sociales. Industria del petróleo Aspectos sociales. David Suzuki Foundation. Purchase 2016-07-20 I-10319332 ProQuest 42306 42306 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HD 9560.6 N692e 2012 00000116601 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk