The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude by Andrew Nikiforuk

The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude

Andrew Nikiforuk

296 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A radical analysis of our master-and-slave relationship to energy and a call for change.Ancient civilizations routinely relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe emperors, and build cities. In the early n...

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