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

The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude

Andrew Nikiforuk

272 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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By the winner of the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Ancient civilizations relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe emperors, and build cities. Nineteenth-century slaveholders viewed critics as host...

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