Christopher F. Jones
@energyhistorian
Historian of energy, environment, and economics. Lover of infrastructure; questioner of growth. Associate Professor at Arizona State University.
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16-07-2012 20:39:56
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My article on Energy Economics after the oil crisis just want up at JMH. Very thankful for all the help along the way! @FredrikAlbritt1 Christopher F. Jones NYU CEMS liz chatterjee Giuliano Garavini ☮︎ Rethinking Modern Europe journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…
Nice shoutout to Beth Popp Berman (epopppp@bsky) 's excellent work in this useful article.
Ever wondered about the history of solar energy and why it didn’t take off sooner? A few answers from my article "The Poor Woman’s Energy: Low-Modernist Solar Technologies & International Development, 1878–1966," hot off the presses Journal of Global History (🔓!) doi.org/10.1017/S17400…
Thrilled to be hosting @JoanFloresVill1 here Arizona State University next Tuesday to discuss her new book, "The Silver Women: How Black Women's Labor Made the Panama Canal." Please join us, registration link below: asuevents.asu.edu/event/silver-w… #ASUHumanities
Roundtable alert! Scholars of geography and history join together to discuss Sharika D. Crawford The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean networks.h-net.org/crawford-last-… TY @eahennessy, Russell Fielding, Karl Offen and Mary Draper for joining the convo-
Happy pub day to @wahgraphy! His brilliantly rendered study from University of Arizona Press troubles how we talk about colonialism and insists we conceive of energy transitions in the present tense. Catch our conversation on NB Environmental Studies: newbooksnetwork.com/carbon-soverei… #envhist
@FredrikAlbritt1 and Carl Wennerlind's SCARCITY is out today! These shelves may be empty, but inside is an expansive story about human visions -- and revisions -- of our relationship to nature & economy in the age of capitalism. #HappyPubDay Harvard University Press Harvard University Press International
Join the Consortium #HistSTM Energy History Working Group Friday, July 14, 1:30 PM EST. James Allison will present "Seeing Coal: The Rogers Brothers, State Geological Surveys, and the Professionalization of American Science". Go to chstm.org/content/energy… for zoom link + paper download.
We are hiring! The Herbst Program in CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 is looking for a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor in hist of/Sci/Med/Tech or STS. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail…. I'm chairing the committee. Please get in touch with questions.
"New Perspectives in Energy History"-- we're going to bring back our one-day environmental history conference Yale University with a focus on energy history-- save the date and propose a paper environmentalhistory.yale.edu/programs/confe…
Coal boosters actively encouraged the energy transition to fossil fuels. They commissioned a company to build cheap coal stoves and offered prizes for the development of coal-burning technology. (Post based on work by Christopher F. Jones) daily.jstor.org/when-did-ameri…
Dr. Christopher Jones (Christopher F. Jones) was interviewed by the "Times of India" about his research and hidden chapters in America’s energy transition. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/inequality-in-… #ASUHumanities
"To understand what Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson think is wrong with America, you need look no further than California’s failed attempts to build a high-speed rail." Christopher F. Jones reviews Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s "Abundance." lareviewofbooks.org/article/abunda…
My review of Abundance for Los Angeles Review of Books. Short version: technocratic tweaks could be helpful, but to assume they can inspire a widespread political movement is mistaken. lareviewofbooks.org/article/abunda…