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- Overview:
- A survey of how America has become the world's largest consumer of energy. Explores American history from the perspective of energy and its relationship to politics, diplomacy, the economy, science and technology, labor, culture, and the environment. Topics include muscle and water power in early America, coal and the Industrial Revolution, electrification, energy consumption in the home, oil and US foreign policy, automobiles and suburbanization, nuclear power, OPEC and the 70's energy crisis, global warming, and possible paths for the future.
- Subject:
- Arts and Humanities, World Cultures, Economics
- Level:
- Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Author:
- Peter Shulman
- Provider:
- MIT
- Provider Set:
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- Date Added:
- 02/16/2011
- License:
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Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Downloadable docs, Text/HTML
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