Through historical research conducted in archives across Europe—especially in Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, and Italy—Landry shows how and why Europeans thoroughly transformed the Alps in order to generate hydroelectricity, and explores the effects of its attendant economic and military advantages across the turbulent twentieth century. Landry surveys the environmental and energy changes wrought by dam-building, demonstrating that with global warming, melting glaciers, and calls for a green energy transition, the future of white coal is once again in question in twenty-first-century Europe.
Through historical research conducted in archives across Europe—especially in Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, and Italy—Landry shows how and why Europeans thoroughly transformed the Alps in order to generate hydroelectricity, and explores the effects of its attendant economic and military advantages across the turbulent twentieth century. Landry surveys the environmental and energy changes wrought by dam-building, demonstrating that with global warming, melting glaciers, and calls for a green energy transition, the future of white coal is once again in question in twenty-first-century Europe.
Mountain Battery: The Alps, Water, and Power in the Fossil Fuel Age
314Mountain Battery: The Alps, Water, and Power in the Fossil Fuel Age
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ISBN-13: | 9781503639775 |
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Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
Publication date: | 01/21/2025 |
Pages: | 314 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d) |