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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36126921 Title: Energy and the making of modern California Author: James C Williams Publisher: Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, ©1997. ISBN/ISSN: 1884836151 9781884836152 188483616X 9781884836169 OCLC:36126921

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Energy and the making of modern California

Author:	James C Williams
Publisher:	Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, ©1997.
Series:	Technology and the environment (Akron, Ohio)
Edition/Format:	Book : English : 1st ed
Summary:	In Energy and the Making of Modern California, James C. Williams has written the definitive history of energy development and use in the Golden State. From the fuelwood that warmed its early settlers to the nuclear power plants that run the air-conditioners of its citizens today, California has shaped itself by tapping available energy resources, in the process coming to learn the capacity and constraints of
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	James C Williams Find more information about:
ISBN:	1884836151 9781884836152 188483616X 9781884836169
OCLC Number:	36126921
Description:	xviii, 465 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents:	1. A land apart -- 2. Sweat, toil, invention -- 3. Fuelwood and coal -- 4. Candles, kerosene, and gas -- 5. Wind, tide, and sun -- 6. Waterpower and steam engines -- 7. Oil and natural gas -- 8. Fueling California -- 9. Hydroelectricity -- 10. Electrifying the city and the home -- 11. Electrifying the farm -- 12. Resolving the power network -- 13. Energy in abundance -- 14. Energy and environmentalism -- 15. The soft energy path -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. California energy resource production statistics -- Appendix B. California energy resource consumption statistics -- Appendix C. Other statistical data.
Series Title:	Technology and the environment (Akron, Ohio)
Responsibility:	James C. Williams.
More information:	Book review (H-Net)

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In Energy and the Making of Modern California, James C. Williams has written the definitive history of energy development and use in the Golden State. From the fuelwood that warmed its early settlers to the nuclear power plants that run the air-conditioners of its citizens today, California has shaped itself by tapping available energy resources, in the process coming to learn the capacity and constraints of technology as it effects the environment.

Energy and the Making of Modern California illuminates the forces that formed the state's culture and economy through the interplay of technology, population growth, human values, and the environment. With impeccable scholarship and vivid abundance of detail, James C.

Williams shows how California's complex and versatile environment constantly challenged technological inventiveness, making the state's experience with energy a rich case study that clarifies our rising concerns about how we live with the earth we live on.

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