Seven centuries of energy services: The price and use of light in the United Kingdom (1300-2000)

Energy Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-177

  Fouquet, Roger ^a,b   Pearson, Peter J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORECASTING; HISTORY;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRIC LIGHTING;

EID: 30844453634     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol27-No1-8     Document Type: Article

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