Gonzalez Energy, the Modern State, and the American World System

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6982-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Examines political authority in the modern era as a function of specific energy politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gonzalez, George A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Theoretical Overview
Preface

1. Energy and the Modern State

2. The Political Economy of Energy

3. Urban Sprawl in the U.S. and the Creation of the Hitler Regime

4. Urban Sprawl, the Great Depression, and the Start of World War II

5. U.S. Economic Elites, Nuclear Power, and Solar Energy

6. Global Oil Politics

7. Plutonium and U.S. Foreign Policy

Conclusion
Energy and the Global Order
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

George A. Gonzalez is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami and the author of many books, including Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States and Energy and the Politics of the North Atlantic, both also published by SUNY Press.