MAINSTREAM INDUSTRIALISM

John Scales Avery
Additional contact information
John Scales Avery: H.C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Chapter 5 in Energy, Resources, and the Long-Term Future, 2007, pp 63-80 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:Trade unions and minimum wage lawsRobert Owen and social reformRusting of the Iron LawRising standards of livingRobber barons and philanthropists“Hain't I got the power?”Carnegie's philanthropiesThe conflict between capitalism and communismThe Russian RevolutionThe First Red Scare; McCarthyism; the Cold WarCapitalism triumphantGlobalizationSay's lawSuburbiaKeeping up appearancesSuggestions for further reading

Keywords: Energy; Resources; Sustainability; Ecology; Population; Future; Industrialism; Poverty; Globalization; Climate Change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789812708748_0005 (application/pdf)
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789812708748_0005 (text/html)
Ebook Access is available upon purchase.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812708748_0005

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in World Scientific Book Chapters from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().