[E&E seminars] Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History, FRIDAY 5-2-08

Margo Collett mcollett at MIT.EDU
Thu May 1 09:35:28 EDT 2008


MIT Seminar on Environmental and
Agricultural History

John McNeill
         University Professor, Georgetown University


    "Empires of Energy, 1580-1980:
    Fossil Fuels and Geopolitics"

This talk considers the links between energy regimes and political 
power in the international system over the past 400 years.  How did 
the availability and use of fossil fuels affect the affairs of 
nations?  In particular, how did peat, coal, and oil help the Dutch 
Republic, the British Empire, and the United States in their quests 
for survival and power?  What might be the geopolitical implications 
of the next energy regime?

Friday, May 2, 2008
2:30 to 4:30 pm
Building E51 Room 095
Corner of Wadsworth and Amherst Streets, Cambridge


Sponsored by MIT's History Faculty and the Program in Science, 
Technology, and Society. For more information or to be put on the 
mailing list, please contact Margo Collett at 
<mailto:mcollet at mit.edu>mcollett at mit.edu.  
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