Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming
by Andreas Malm
Fossil Capital explores how steam power and fossil energy transformed industrial society and helped establish the conditions for global warming. Andreas Malm connects the history of industrialization with broader questions about capitalism, energy use, and environmental change.
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Fossil Capital examines the rise of steam power and its connection to the development of fossil-fuel-based industry.
The book explores the historical roots of global warming through the expansion of coal-powered production and industrial capitalism.
Andreas Malm presents a wide-ranging study of energy, economic change, and the environmental consequences of industrialization.
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