The oil and the new servitude Nikiforuk, Andrew 1955- creator David Suzuki Foundation text bibliography bcc Vancouver, British Columbia Berkeley [Calif.] Vancouver, BC Greystone Books David Suzuki Foundation 2012 monographic eng

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xii, 282 p. ; 23 cm 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 ... 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. Andrew Nikiforuk. Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-269) and index. 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 HD 9560.6 N692e 2012 9781553659785 (cloth) 9781553659792 (ebook) 2016417792 NLC 160720 20230410115507.0 123101 eng