Energy in the Early Modern Home: Material Cultures of Domestic Energy Consumption in Europe, 1450–1850 (Themes in Environmental History)

Synopsis

Uncovering, for the first time, the role played by home users in fostering energy changes, this book explores the effects of energy transitions between the medieval and industrial era on the everyday life of Europeans and considers how cultural, social and material changes in the home facilitated the transition towards a more energy-demanding world. This book delves deeper into the interactions between early modern consumers and the ecological constraints of the world surrounding them. Experts on specific aspects of domestic energy use departing from different case studies in early modern Europe confront these central issues. This book therefore offers a wide range of approaches within a long-term and comparative perspective. Different ‘material cultures of energy’ across time and space and across different climates in Europe are explored. Ultimately, this book aims to consider how the early modern home not just adapted to energy changes, but perhaps even prepared the way for our modern addiction to fossil energy. Energy in the Early Modern Home is the perfect resource for students and scholars of early modern Europe, premodern environmental history, the history of consumption and material culture, and the history of science and technology.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781000920116

Related ISBNs:

9781003134398, 9780367681371, 9780367681357

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

08/02/23

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Wout Saelens, Bruno Blondé and Wouter Ryckbosch

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Wout Saelens

Edited by:

Bruno Blondé

Edited by:

Wouter Ryckbosch