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Fossil Consumerism

A groundbreaking perspective on energy history that reveals the early modern home, and not industry, as the first major driver of fossil-fuel adoption. This book explores how the homes of ordinary city dwellers sparked our modern dependence on fossil fuels. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, incl...

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Main Author: Saelens, Wout
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Leuven University Press 2026
Subjects:
Fossil energy
Everyday ecologies
Domestic life
Material culture
Consumption
Gendered labour
Anthropocene
Early modern period
Low Countries
History
Anthropocene Studies
Climate and Ecology
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDL European history: Renaissance
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental management::RNFY Energy resources
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TH Energy technology and engineering::THF Fossil fuel technologies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFS Consumerism
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecology
Online Access:https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/109928
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