Energy transitions in historical perspective

Energy and Culture: Perspectives on the Power to Work

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 3-18

  Melosi, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 85082886033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315256511-1     Document Type: Chapter

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