Andreas Malm
Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam-Power and the Roots of Global Warming
- ISBN 13:
- 9781784781293
- author:
- Andreas Malm
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Verso Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 496
- Dimensions:
- 15.5 x 3.8 x 23.4 cm
- Genre:
- Business, Finance & Law, Biographies & Histories, Business & Economic History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 6 working days
Description
Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming by Andreas Malm is a sweeping study that explores how capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power, contributing to the worsening climate crisis. The shift from traditional sources of power, such as water mills, to engines fired by coal was driven by superior control over subordinate labor, rather than cheaper or more abundant energy. This development allowed manufacturers to concentrate production at profitable sites and during convenient hours, a pattern that continues today. From 19th-century Manchester to the emissions explosion in China, Malm's study examines the burning heart of capital and demonstrates how turning down the heat will require a radical overthrow of the current economic order.
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