Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling - Image 1

£79.00

University of North Carolina Press Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling

Name: Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling
Brand: University of North Carolina Press
Price: 79.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

Environmental Engineering

Price data last checked 15 day(s) ago - will refresh soon

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£79 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 76 days · 76 data points (no recent data)

Historical

Generating forecast…

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 76 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £79 (76 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £79 - £79

Price levels: 1 different prices over 76 days

Description

Through the mid-nineteenth century, the US whaling industry helped drive industrialization and urbanization, providing whale oil to lubricate and illuminate the country. The Pennsylvania petroleum boom of the 1860s brought cheap and plentiful petroleum into the market, decimating whale oil's popularity. Here, from our modern age of fossil fuels, Jamie L. Jones uses literary and cultural history to show how the whaling industry held firm in US popular culture even as it slid into obsolescence. Jones shows just how instrumental whaling was to the very idea of "energy" in American culture and how it came to mean a fusion of labor, production, and the circulation of power. She argues that dying industries exert real force on environmental perceptions and cultural imaginations. Analyzing a vast archive that includes novels, periodicals, artifacts from whaling ships, tourist attractions, and even whale carcasses, Jones explores the histories of race, labor, and energy consumption in the nineteenth-century United States through the lens of the whaling industry's legacy. In terms of how they view power, Americans are, she argues, still living in the shadow of the whale.

Product Specifications

Brand: University of North Carolina Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1469674815
Category: Books > Subjects > Scientific, Technical & Medical > Engineering > Environmental Engineering
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 29 August 2023
Listed Since: 28 March 2023

Barcode

No barcode data available

University of North Carolina Press Rendered Obsolete: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Wrangler Herren Durables Regular Fit Jeans, Darkstone, 44W / 32L

Mavi Women's Kendra Jeans, Blue, 31W x 30L

Wrangler Men's Texas Contrast Straight Jeans, Blue (Vint. Darkstone), 44W / 32L

Wrangler Men's Texas Contrast Straight Jeans, Blue (Vint. Darkstone), 32W / 36L

Mavi Women's Kendra Jeans, Blue, 28W x 30L

Wrangler Herren Durables Regular Fit Jeans, Stonewash, 44W / 30L

Wrangler Herren Durables Regular Fit Jeans, Darkstone, 38W / 30L

Wrangler Herren-Jeans Greensboro, Regular Fit, Straight Leg

Wrangler Men's Texas Contrast Straight Jeans, Blue (Vint. Darkstone), 38W / 30L

!Solid SDMONTE Ryan Men's Jeans Trousers Denim Jeans with Belt Loops Pockets Label Details Lightweight Elastic Cotton Blend Regular Fit, Dark Blue Denim (700031)., 31 W/34 L

Mavi Women's Kendra Jeans, Blue, 31W x 32L

Wrangler Herren Durables Regular Fit Jeans, Darkstone, 32W / 30L

Wrangler Men's Texas Contrast Straight Jeans, Darkstone, 44W / 34L

Wrangler Herren Durables Regular Fit Jeans, Darkstone, 42W / 34L

Wrangler Herren Durables Regular Fit Jeans, Darkstone, 32W / 34L

Mavi Women's Kendra Jeans, Blue, 26W x 32L

Wrangler Herren Durables Regular Fit Jeans, Darkstone, 38W / 32L

Wrangler Men's Jeans Regular Fit, Straight Leg

Wrangler Herren Durables Regular Fit Jeans, Darkstone, 36W / 32L

Wrangler Herren Durables Regular Fit Jeans, Darkstone, 31W / 30L

Wrangler Men's Jeans Texas, Regular Fit, Straight Leg

Mavi Women's Kendra Jeans, Blue, 28W x 32L

Wrangler Herren Durables Regular Fit Jeans, Stonewash, 36W / 30L

Wrangler Herren-Jeans Greensboro, Regular Fit, Straight Leg