MARC details
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986680332 |
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US-DLC |
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20200102115447.0 |
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170509t20182018enka b 001 0 eng d |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GBB8A0419 |
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bnb |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780745335629 |
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(hardcover) |
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0745335624 |
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(hardcover) |
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9780745335612 |
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(paperback) |
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0745335616 |
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(paperback) |
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9781786803139 |
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9781786803122 |
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9781786803146 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)986680332 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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YDX |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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YDX |
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UPM |
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OCLCF |
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AU@ |
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EQO |
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YDX |
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EAU |
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UKMGB |
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AU |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
Alfaisal Main Library |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
TP319 |
| Item number |
.P57 2018 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
HD9502.A2 |
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P56 2018 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Pirani, Simon, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1957- |
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author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Burning up : |
| Remainder of title |
a global history of fossil fuel consumption / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Simon Pirani |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
©2018 |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
PlutoPress, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
©2018 |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
©2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
255 p: |
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illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-248) and index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction -- Part I: Contexts : 1. Fossil fuels before 1950 -- 2. Energy technologies -- 3. Energy in society -- 4. Fossil fuel consumption in numbers -- Part II: Chronologies : 5. The 1950s and 1960s: post-war boom -- 6. The 1970s: crises and oil price shocks -- 7. Patterns of electrification -- 8. The 1980s: recession and recovery -- 9. The 1990s: shunning the global warming challenge -- 10. The 2000s: acceleration renewed -- Part III: Reflections : -- 11. Interpretations and ideologies -- 12. Possibilities -- 13. Conclusions -- Appendices : Appendix 1. Measuring environmental impacts, energy flows and inequalities -- Appendix 2. Additional figures and tables |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Coal, gas and oil have powered our societies for hundreds of years. But the pace at which we use them changed dramatically in the 20th century: of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burnt up in the past 50 years alone, the vast majority of that within a single generation. Most worrying of all, this dramatic acceleration has occurred against the backdrop of an increasingly unanimous scientific consensus: that their environmental impact is devastating and potentially irreversible. In 'Burning Up', Simon Pirani recounts the history of the relentless rise of fossil fuels in the past half century, and lays out the ways in which the expansion of the global capitalist economy has driven it forward |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fossil fuels |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fossil fuels |
| General subdivision |
Environmental aspects |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fossil fuels |
| General subdivision |
Economic aspects |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Energy consumption |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
History. |
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fast |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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Print books. |
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local |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4 |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Display text |
ebook version : |
| International Standard Book Number |
9781786803139 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
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BOOKS |
