{"product_id":"the-energy-reader-isbn-9781405199841","title":"The Energy Reader","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Energy Reader\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of readings that examine the energy problem from an anthropological perspective and look at energy holistically, including social and cultural components and long term implications for global and social environmental change.    \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings a unique critical approach to the problem of energy and its complexity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents the topic as both a human and a technological problem, differentiating long-term perspectives from short term fixes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes coverage of  the politics of energy, the protection of future generations, the avoidance of dangerous waste products, efficiency, resilience, and democratic relevance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures selections drawn from the work of physicists, economists, business experts, engineers, journalists, historians, and entrepreneurs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaura Nader\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Nader, Leticia Cesarino, and Chris Hebdon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Energy Problem 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Social Power and the Future 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Newbold Adams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Energy and the Rise of American Industrial Society 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Barbour, Harvey Brooks, Sanford Lakoff, and John Opie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Energy Transitions in Historical Perspective 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Melosi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 1 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemplating the Abyss: The Role of Environmental Degradation in the Collapse of Human Societies\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Rees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Introduction to the Steady-State Economy 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerman E. Daly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 2 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNet-Zero Energy Home Generating an Energy Surplus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Dimensions of the ‘‘People Problem’’ in Energy Research and ‘‘the’’ Factual Basis of Dispersed Energy Futures 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Nader and Norman Milleron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Red Land and Uranium Mining: How the Search for Energy Is Endangering Indian Tribal Lands 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinona La Duke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 3 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Energy Search Challenges Indian Tribal Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Stevens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The House that Uranium Built: Perspectives on the Effects of Exposure on Individuals and Community 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Amalia Hiesinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Uranium Mining and Milling: Navajo Experiences in the American Southwest 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Rose Johnston, Susan E. Dawson, and Gary E. Madsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Mind-Sets – a Critical Perspective 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. ‘‘Introduction,’’ \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Progress: An Inquiry Into Its Origin and Growth\u003c\/i\u003e 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles A. Beard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. On the Road to Riches 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry Ford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Energy Strategy: The Road Not Taken? 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmory B. Lovins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Barriers to Thinking New About Energy 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Nader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The Three-Cornered Constellation: Magic, Science, and Religion Revisited 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Nader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Energy as it Relates to the Quality and Style of Life 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Nader and Stephen Beckerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Conclusions – Replacing Myths with Maxims: Rethinking the Relationship Between Energy and American Society 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Politics of Energy 265\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. ‘‘Prologue,’’ The Politics of Energy 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarry Commoner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Middle East: Geostrategy and Oil 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRashid Khalidi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Winning the Oil Endgame 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmory B. Lovins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. ‘‘Introduction,’’ \u003ci\u003ePower Struggle: The 100 Year War Over Electricity\u003c\/i\u003e 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Rudolph and Scott Ridley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. The Overcharge in the Light Bill 290\u003ci\u003eUS Senator Lee Metcalf and Vic Reinemer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Human Rights 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJim Garrison and Pyare Shivpuri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 4 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Mile Island: 30th Anniversary of the Worst Nuclear Accident in US History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Politics of Energy: Toward a Bottom-Up Approach 313\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Nader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 5 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Gang Comes to Los Angeles: Solar-Panel Installers\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiriam Jordan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Energy Choices 321\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. ‘‘Introduction,’’ ‘‘The Problem of Externalities,’’ and ‘‘Coal and Corporate Power,’’ Coal: A Memoir and Critique 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDuane Lockard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 6 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRural Renewal: Small-Town America Looks to Alternative Energy for a Lifeline\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Vogel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. There Was Blood 353\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaleb Crain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 7 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapitol Climate Action: Mass Civil Disobedience in DC Against Use of Coal at Capitol Hill Power Plant\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Unconventional Crude: Canada’s Synthetic-Fuels Boom 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Kolbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 8 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoop Powers California Cars as Orange County Converts Sewage\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Ohnsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly? 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmory B. Lovins, Imran Sheikh, and Alex Markevich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 9 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower Q\u0026amp;A: S. David Freeman\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDave Gilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Solar Possibilities 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDenis Hayes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 10 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorkers Retrain for Wind-Energy Jobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Dickerson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Cool Communities: Strategies for Heat Island Mitigation and Smog Reduction 415\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur H. Rosenfeld, Hashem Akbari, Joseph J. Romm, and Melvin Pomerantz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 11 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst Rosebud Wind Turbine Generates Support: An Interview with Intertribal COUP Secretary Robert Gough\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTara Tidwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Ethanol Production: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Losses 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Pimentel, Tad Patzek, and Gerald Cecil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 12 458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiofuels Do Far More Harm Than Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Monbiot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Power Shifts 461\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Natural Capitalism 463\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Hawken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 13 476\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith Energy in Focus, Heat Pumps Win Fans\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiz Galst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. An Unstable Concoction of Interests 479\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTadeusz W. Patzek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 14 481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShell Dumps Wind, Solar and Hydro Power in Favor of Biofuels\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Webb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Ticket to Ride 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBen Adler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 15 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGet on the Bus\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura C. Dean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Selling the Sun 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Behar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 16 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEight Energy Suggestions for Obama, from SunEdison’s Founder\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Galbraith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. The Island in the Wind 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Kolbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 17 514\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Cool Idea\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Kolbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Energy Choices in a Democratic Society 515\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. The Harder Path – Shifting Gears 517\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Nader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy in Action 18 535\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Showhouse that Sustainability Built\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarnaby J. Feder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36. Who Shall Decide? 538\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Nader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 541\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Overall, The Energy Reader provides a necessary, timely, and unique collection of materials to drive these critical conversations forward.”  (\u003ci\u003eCulture, Agriculture, Food and Environment\u003c\/i\u003e, 12 June 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLaura Nader\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Nader's books include \u003ci\u003eNaked Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: Anthropological Inquiry into Boundaries, Power and Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eThe Life of the Law\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and, with Ugo Mattei, \u003ci\u003ePlunder–When the Rule of Law is Illegal\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2008). Her films \u003ci\u003eTo Make the Balance\u003c\/i\u003e and a later PBS film \u003ci\u003eLittle Injustices\u003c\/i\u003e are widely disseminated.  \u003ci\u003eThe Energy Reader\u003c\/i\u003e examines the quandary of meeting future energy needs, bringing a critical and practical approach to this complex global challenge and its potentially dire implications. It evaluates the social and cultural components of the energy problem in addition to the technological issues, and differentiates long-term perspectives from short term fixes, presenting readers with a truly holistic approach to energy.  \u003cp\u003eIn this insightful book a wide range of experts address the overall energy problem, the politics of energy, the protection of future generations, the avoidance of dangerous waste products, efficiency, resilience, and democratic relevance. These cross-disciplinary critical perspectives are presented by respected social scientists, physicists, economists, business experts, engineers, journalists, historians, and entrepreneurs. They illuminate the key historical trends in energy development and demonstrate new and sometimes controversial solutions—they tell us what can and will work with respect to current and future energy policies. \u003ci\u003eThe Energy Reader\u003c\/i\u003e offers thought-provoking insights into the global energy strategies necessary for humanity's future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990218129637,"sku":"NP9781405199841","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405199841.jpg?v=1761786948","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-energy-reader-isbn-9781405199841","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}