Carbon Capitalism

With Carbon Capitalism, Tim Di Muzio has produced a real tour de force. A carefully researched historical and empirical account of the rise and fall of petro-market civilisation, and a ground-breaking attempt to address the neglect of the foundational importance of energy to our understanding of power in the global political economy. Engaging, theoretically sophisticated and rich in detail, the book is a must read for students, academics and practitioners. -- Peter Newell, co-author of Climate Capitalism and author of Globalization & the Environment: Capitalism, Ecology and Power, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex
Energy as a factor of production has been seriously neglected in political economy. In this eye-opening book, 20th century carbon capitalism emerges through lucid histories of England and the US, histories which reveal that power, debt, war, and energy have led to the crises of the 21st century: climate change, permanent war economies, and global environmental destruction.  This book will prove an indispensable scholarly navigational tool to understand and act on these crises. -- Barbara Harriss-White, Oxford University, Oxford University
In this path breaking and carefully researched study Tim Di Muzio throws a spotlight on the linkage between fossil fuel energy and capitalism. Challenging both mainstream and critical theories of international political economy, he argues that carbon is not simply a key commodity with geopolitical implications, but ineluctably connected to the power relations and social reproduction of the contemporary world order. -- Alan Cafruny, Hamilton College