Historian of energy, environment, and economics. Lover of infrastructure; questioner of growth. Associate Professor at Arizona State University.
Joined July 2012
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My book is at the Airport! Thanks @HudsonBooks. Great to have The Invention of Infinite Growth highlighted this way.
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What happens when an idea meant to improve life begins to endanger it? @EnergyHistorian, @ASU, @ASU_SHPRS discusses: faculti.net/the-invention-of…
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🇺🇸@TheWyomingStar dives into the data center construction boom with @davidmytton, Columbia University's Robert A. Beauregard, @UptimeInstitute's Jay Dietrich, @larskotthoff and UW's Jeffrey Alan Lockwood, @EnergyHistorian, and George Mason University's Jesse Kirkpatrick.
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I had a great time talking with @NewBooksNetwork about my new book The Invention of Infinite Growth. Thanks to Diedre Woollard for an engaging conversation about economic growth, sustainability, and how we can live better. newbooksnetwork.com/the-inve…
My review of Abundance for @LAReviewofBooks. Short version: technocratic tweaks could be helpful, but to assume they can inspire a widespread political movement is mistaken. lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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"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." @EnergyHistorian reviews Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s "Abundance." lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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Dr. Christopher Jones (@EnergyHistorian) was interviewed by the "Times of India" about his research and hidden chapters in America’s energy transition.
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Dr. Christopher Jones (@EnergyHistorian) was interviewed by @Forbes France about how the transportation of energy accelerated the transition from wood to fossil fuels.
You can read the English translation here: ow.ly/WArZ50QAoUC
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"New Perspectives in Energy History"-- we're going to bring back our one-day environmental history conference @yale with a focus on energy history-- save the date and propose a paper environmentalhistory.yale.ed…
CFP for “New Perspectives in Energy History” March 2, 2024 conference @yale now available. Abstracts due Nov 10. #environmentalhistory #energyhistory environmentalhistory.yale.ed…
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We are hiring! The Herbst Program in @CUEngineering is looking for a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor in hist of/Sci/Med/Tech or STS. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDe…. I'm chairing the committee. Please get in touch with questions.
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Join the @chstmorg 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-his… for zoom link + paper download.
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Energy historians! Come present your work with the Energy History Working Group. We are building the 2023-24 schedule now. We workshop full length WIP work in the field of energy history. Priority deadline August 15th.
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After 7 years it’s finally out! So grateful for all the help and encouragement along the way! @NYUCEMS @NYUHistory
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Playing medieval dress up with friends & colleagues, @ASU graduate student graduation. For those of you scoring at home the regalia is from UVA, Penn, Princeton Seminary, and Carnegie Mellon. #historians @ASU_SHPRS
Cc @CalScherm @EnergyHistorian Jason Bruner
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“After decades of research, the time has come: degrowth now has its own journal.”
Check out the first volume here: degrowthjournal.org/issues/2…
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@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_Press @HarvardUPLondon
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Happy pub day to @wahgraphy! His brilliantly rendered study from @AZpress troubles how we talk about colonialism and insists we conceive of energy transitions in the present tense. Catch our conversation on @NewBooksEnviron: newbooksnetwork.com/carbon-s… #envhist
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Roundtable alert! Scholars of geography and history join together to discuss @SharikaCrawfo17 The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean networks.h-net.org/crawford-… TY @eahennessy, @rtfielding, Karl Offen and Mary Draper for joining the convo-
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