CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORY OF ENERGY

Editor C. CLEVELAND Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

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Editor's Preface vii Alphabetical List of Articles ix c

Coal Industry, History of Jaak J K Daemen 1

Coal Mining in Appalachia, History of Geoffrey L Buckley 17

Conservation Measures for Energy, History of John H Gibbons, Holly L Gwin 27

Conservation of Energy Concept, History of Elizabeth Garber 36 E

Early Industrial World, Energy Flow in Richard D Periman 45 Economic Thought, History of Energy in Paul Christensen 53 Ecosystems and Energy: History and Overview Charles AS Hall 65 Electricity Use, History of David E Nye 77 Energy in the History and Philosophy of Science Robert P Crease 90 Environmental Change and Energy 1 G Simmons 94 F

Fire: A Socioecological and Historical Survey Johan Goudsblom 105 G

Geographic Thought, History of Energy in Barry D Solomon, Martin J pasqualetti 117 H

Hydrogen, History of Seth Dunn 127 Hydropower, History and Technology of John S Gulliver, Roger E A Arndt 138 M

Manufactured Gas, History of Joel A Tarr 153

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Natural Gas, History of Christopher J Castaneda 163 Nuclear Power, History of Robert J Duffy 175 Contents

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Oil Crises, Historical Perspective Mamdouh G Salameh 189 Oil Industry, History of August W Giebelhaus 203 OPEC Market Behavior, 1973-2003 A F Alhajji 215 OPEC, History of Fadhil J Chalabi 228

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Prices of Energy, History of Peter Berck, Michael J Roberts 241

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Sociopolitical Collapse, Energy and Joseph A Tainter 251 Solar Energy, History of John Perlin 265

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Thermodynamic Sciences, History of Keith Hutchison 281 Transitions in Energy Use Arnulf Grübler 287

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War and Energy Vaclav Smil 301 Wind Energy, History of Martin Pasqualetti, Robert Righter, Paul Gipe 309 Wood Energy, History of John Perlin 323 World History and Energy Vaclav Smil 331

List of Contributors 343

Subject Index 345

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