Combustion and Society: A Fire-Centred History of Energy Use

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 203-226

  Clark, Nigel ^a   Yusoff, Kathryn ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Bataille; energy; fire; fossil fuels; pyrotechnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907068739     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276414536929     Document Type: Article

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