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Author:   Mette M. High ,  Jessica M. Smith
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.340kg
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9781119596998

ISBN 10:   1119596998
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   24 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Notes on contributors  Introduction: the ethical constitution of energy dilemmas  Mette M. High & Jessica M. Smith 1 Projects of devotion: energy exploration and moral ambition in the cosmoeconomy of oil and gas in the Western United States  Mette M. High 2 The solar good: energy ethics in poor markets  Jamie Cross 3 Orphaned wells, oil assets, and debt: the competing ethics of value creation and care withinpetrocapitalist projects of return  Caura Wood 4 Boom to bust, ashes to (coal) dust: the contested ethics of energy exchanges in a declining US coalmarket  Jessica M. Smith 5 The ordinary ethics of charcoal in northern Madagascar  Andrew Walsh 6 Consulting virtue: from judgement to decision-making in the natural gas industry  Arthur Mason 7 Fuel of fear and force: gasoline’s energetic power and its entanglement in composite ethics  Amy Penfield 8 Greater goods: ethics, energy, and other-than-human speech  Cymene Howe Conclusion: Energy ethics and ethical worlds  Hannah Appel Index 

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Mette M. High is a Reader in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. Focusing on natural resources such as metals and fossil fuels, her research explores how global economic processes intersect with intimate moral views. She conducts research in Mongolia and the United States, and her recent publications include Fear and Fortune: Spirit worlds and emerging economies in the Mongolian gold rush (2017) and Exploring the anthropology of energy: Ethnography, energy and ethics (co-edited with J. Smith, 2017). Jessica M. Smith is Associate Professor in the Engineering, Design, and Society Division at the Colorado School of Mines. Focusing on the American West, her research explores how people, from technicians to engineers and executives, experience work in mining, oil and gas. Her publications include Mining coal and undermining gender: Rhythms of work and family in the American West (2014); Exploring the anthropology of energy: Ethnography, energy and ethics (co-edited with M. High, 2017); and Engaging the underground: An STS field in formation (co-edited with A. Kinchy and R. Phadke, 2018).

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