Coal And Empire
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Coal And Empire
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Author : Peter A. Shulman
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2015-07-01
Coal And Empire written by Peter A. Shulman and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-01 with History categories.
The fascinating history of how coal-based energy became entangled with American security. Since the early twentieth century, Americans have associated oil with national security. From World War I to American involvement in the Middle East, this connection has seemed a self-evident truth. But, as Peter A. Shulman argues, Americans had to learn to think about the geopolitics of energy in terms of security, and they did so beginning in the nineteenth century: the age of coal. Coal and Empire insightfully weaves together pivotal moments in the history of science and technology by linking coal and steam to the realms of foreign relations, navy logistics, and American politics. Long before oil, coal allowed Americans to rethink the place of the United States in the world. Shulman explores how the development of coal-fired oceangoing steam power in the 1840s created new questions, opportunities, and problems for U.S. foreign relations and naval strategy. The search for coal, for example, helped take Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan in the 1850s. It facilitated Abraham Lincoln's pursuit of black colonization in 1860s Panama. After the Civil War, it led Americans to debate whether a need for coaling stations required the construction of a global empire. Until 1898, however, Americans preferred to answer the questions posed by coal with new technologies rather than new territories. Afterward, the establishment of America's string of island outposts created an entirely different demand for coal to secure the country's new colonial borders, a process that paved the way for how Americans incorporated oil into their strategic thought. By 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.
Empires Of Coal
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Author : Shellen Xiao Wu
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2015-04-22
Empires Of Coal written by Shellen Xiao Wu and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-22 with History categories.
From 1868–1872, German geologist Ferdinand von Richthofen went on an expedition to China. His reports on what he found there would transform Western interest in China from the land of porcelain and tea to a repository of immense coal reserves. By the 1890s, European and American powers and the Qing state and local elites battled for control over the rights to these valuable mineral deposits. As coal went from a useful commodity to the essential fuel of industrialization, this vast natural resource would prove integral to the struggle for political control of China. Geology served both as the handmaiden to European imperialism and the rallying point of Chinese resistance to Western encroachment. In the late nineteenth century both foreign powers and the Chinese viewed control over mineral resources as the key to modernization and industrialization. When the first China Geological Survey began work in the 1910s, conceptions of natural resources had already shifted, and the Qing state expanded its control over mining rights, setting the precedent for the subsequent Republican and People's Republic of China regimes. In Empires of Coal, Shellen Xiao Wu argues that the changes specific to the late Qing were part of global trends in the nineteenth century, when the rise of science and industrialization destabilized global systems and caused widespread unrest and the toppling of ruling regimes around the world.
Powering Empire
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Author : On Barak
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2020-03-24
Powering Empire written by On Barak and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-24 with History categories.
The Age of Empire was driven by coal, and the Middle East—as an idea—was made by coal. Coal’s imperial infrastructure presaged the geopolitics of oil that wreaks carnage today, as carbonization threatens our very climate. Powering Empire argues that we cannot promote worldwide decarbonization without first understanding the history of the globalization of carbon energy. How did this black rock come to have such long-lasting power over the world economy? Focusing on the flow of British carbon energy to the Middle East, On Barak excavates the historic nexus between coal and empire to reveal the political and military motives behind what is conventionally seen as a technological innovation. He provocatively recounts the carbon-intensive entanglements of Western and non-Western powers and reveals unfamiliar resources—such as Islamic risk-aversion and Gandhian vegetarianism—for a climate justice that relies on more diverse and ethical solutions worldwide.
Coal Steam And Ships
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Author : Crosbie Smith
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-05
Coal Steam And Ships written by Crosbie Smith and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-05 with History categories.
An innovative account of the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers and the public.
The Coal Fields Of Great Britain
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Author : Edward 1829-1917 Hull
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2021-09-09
The Coal Fields Of Great Britain written by Edward 1829-1917 Hull and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Steam Power And Sea Power
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Author : Steven Gray
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-09-25
Steam Power And Sea Power written by Steven Gray and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-25 with History categories.
This book examines how the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the nineteenth century had wider ramifications across the British Empire. In particular, it considers how steam propulsion made vessels utterly dependent on a particular resource – coal – and its distribution around the world. In doing so, it shows that the ‘coal question’ was central to imperial defence and the protection of trade, requiring the creation of infrastructures that spanned the globe. This infrastructure required careful management, and the processes involved show the development of bureaucracy and the reliance on the ‘contractor state’ to ensure this was both robust and able to allow swift mobilisation in war. The requirement to stop regularly at foreign stations also brought men of the Royal navy into contact with local coal heavers, as well as indigenous populations and landscapes. These encounters and their dissemination are crucial to our understanding of imperial relationships and imaginations at the height of the imperial age.
Miners And The State In The Ottoman Empire
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Author : Donald Quataert
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2006
Miners And The State In The Ottoman Empire written by Donald Quataert and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
Table of Contents 1 Introduction and historiographical essay 1 2 The Ottoman coal coast 20 3 Coal miners at work : jobs, recruitment, and wages 52 4 "Like slaves in colonial countries" : working conditions in the coalfield 80 5 Ties that bind : village-mine relations 95 6 Military duty and mine work : the blurred vocations of Ottoman soldier-workers 129 7 Methane, rockfalls, and other disasters : accidents at the mines 150 8 Victims and agents : confronting death and safety in the mines 184 9 Wartime in the coalfield 206 10 Conclusion 227 Appendix on the reporting of accidents 235.
Empires Of Coal
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Author : Shellen Wu
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2015-04-22
Empires Of Coal written by Shellen Wu and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-22 with History categories.
From 1868–1872, German geologist Ferdinand von Richthofen went on an expedition to China. His reports on what he found there would transform Western interest in China from the land of porcelain and tea to a repository of immense coal reserves. By the 1890s, European and American powers and the Qing state and local elites battled for control over the rights to these valuable mineral deposits. As coal went from a useful commodity to the essential fuel of industrialization, this vast natural resource would prove integral to the struggle for political control of China. Geology served both as the handmaiden to European imperialism and the rallying point of Chinese resistance to Western encroachment. In the late nineteenth century both foreign powers and the Chinese viewed control over mineral resources as the key to modernization and industrialization. When the first China Geological Survey began work in the 1910s, conceptions of natural resources had already shifted, and the Qing state expanded its control over mining rights, setting the precedent for the subsequent Republican and People's Republic of China regimes. In Empires of Coal, Shellen Xiao Wu argues that the changes specific to the late Qing were part of global trends in the nineteenth century, when the rise of science and industrialization destabilized global systems and caused widespread unrest and the toppling of ruling regimes around the world.
The Mineral Industry Of The British Empire And Foreign Countries
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Author : Great Britain. Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau
language : en
Publisher:
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The Mineral Industry Of The British Empire And Foreign Countries written by Great Britain. Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Coal categories.
Fuel And Power In The British Empire
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Author : John R. Bradley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
Fuel And Power In The British Empire written by John R. Bradley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with Coal mines and mining categories.