Fuel

Heidi C. M. Scott is Lecturer in English at the University of Maryland, USA. She is the author of Chaos and Cosmos: Literary Origins of Modern Ecology in the British Nineteenth Century (2014).

• Introductioni. New York City to Albanyii. Fuel Historyiii. Defining Fueliv. Energy Ontologyv. The Arc of FuelPart One: Biomass Fuels 1. Grass: Muscles Powered i. The Country: The Past-ness of the Pastoralii. The City: Crosstown Trafficiii. In Depth: Black Beautyiv. Borderline Biomass: Peat and Whale Oil2. Wood: Forests’ Firesi. Burning to Surviveii. The Hospitable Blaze iii. In Depth: Jane AustenPart Two: Fossil Fuels3. King Coal i. Workhouse Workhorseii. The Big Smoke and Auld Reekieiii. In Depth: Wuthering Heights and How Green Was My Valleyiv. Do the Locomotionv. Horizon Gone: Mountaintop Removal Mining4. Black Goldi. Oil Ontologyii. Gusher Gawkersiii. Road Trip!iv. Oil’s Localesv. Pastoral Oilfields: The Suburbsvi. A Note on Natural Gas5. Interlude: Human FoodPart Three: Primary Energy6. The Elements Movei. Breezeii. Flowiii. Stariv. AtomConclusionBibliographyIndex

Scott provides a wealth of source material about the history of fuels in their specific context, using a wide range of literary texts to underscore her factual information.