"This book attempts to bridge the gap, explaining technology for non-technical readers and analysing the sociology of energy. As an enigneer and a sociologist, author Allan Mazur is well placed to make this inter-disciplinary analysis." - Real Power Magazine, Issue 36"Mazur’s Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations is a resource that scholars at the intersection of energy, environment, and sustainability will use repeatedly... The book is a unique and valuable intellectual melting pot showing us all what sociology and engineering could be if properly united." - Social Studies of Science, Sage, June 2014"An excellent book for everyone interested in energy-related issues. Summing Up: Highly recommended. " - J Tavakoli, Lafayette College, CHOICE Review September 2014"Mazur remains cautiously optimistic that at least some of these impediments can be overcome and that some progress toward a sane energy policy can be reached. He concludes with ten "signposts" toward our energy future. These signposts, suggestions really—for example, that we should not foreclose any plausible source of energy, that energy is priced too low in rich countries, and that journalists should be less fearful of calling out blatantly false scientific claims—are eminently reasonable." – Technology and Culture, William J. Hausman, College of William & Mary"This book is a welcome response to the urgent need for sources that will integrate sociological theory and results with deep technical knowledge of energy systems... it provides some exemplars for thinking about energy systems in sociological terms, and for approaching a move to a sustainable energy future as a social transition." - Daniel Breslau, Virginia Tech
