{"product_id":"9798216491309","title":"Transition to Fossil Fuel and Uncivil Wars in America, 1820-1865 Fueling the Fires","description":"\u003ch3\u003eEnvironment and Society\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTransition to Fossil Fuel and Uncivil Wars in America, 1820-1865\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFueling the Fires\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRobert K. Schaeffer | Douglas A. Vakoch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Americas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis book explores the condition of the US population and landscape as it changed, ca. 1800-1860, and argues that the turn to coal after 1820 improved that condition by relieving pressures on land and forests.\u003c\/b\u003e The author investigates how by adopting coal, American settlers in the North advanced more sustainable forestry and agricultural practices that enabled them to feed the growing population, developed domestic industries, ended their battle with slaveholders for control of American lands, helped free the enslaved, and promoted economic development for a free people in the United States. He further examines long-term environmental-social change in America and re-evaluates the Civil War as a product of an ongoing battle over land-use systems.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRobert K. Schaeffer\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of sociology at Kansas State University.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 June 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216491309\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55552984711308,"sku":"9798216491309","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216491309","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}