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Powering Empire is a valuable and ground-breaking work and should be of interest to any scholar working in the fields of the history and culture of the modern Middle East and British Empire. * Diyar * Powering Empire is a valuable and ground-breaking work and should be of interest to any scholar working in the fields of the history and culture of the modern Middle East and British Empire. * Diyar * Powering Empire is at its best in illuminating these seeming contradictions that break down the flattening effect of globalization and changing regimes. In untangling these interwoven origins of the carbon age, Barak makes the case for thinking about decarbonization as a multidirectional and multifocal process that must involve both material and cultural transformation. * Isis * Truly fascinating . . . . Powering Empire is an important work for those wishing to broaden their understanding of the role fossil fuels-notably coal-played and continue to play in politics and daily life. It is written in accessible language and is not weighed down by overly technical information or dry economic analysis. As such, it should be of great interest to those seeking to learn about the history of the Middle East, imperialism, and globalization. * The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs *

Powering Empire is a valuable and ground-breaking work and should be of interest to any scholar working in the fields of the history and culture of the modern Middle East and British Empire. * Diyar *

Powering Empire is a valuable and ground-breaking work and should be of interest to any scholar working in the fields of the history and culture of the modern Middle East and British Empire. * Diyar * Powering Empire is at its best in illuminating these seeming contradictions that break down the flattening effect of globalization and changing regimes. In untangling these interwoven origins of the carbon age, Barak makes the case for thinking about decarbonization as a multidirectional and multifocal process that must involve both material and cultural transformation. * Isis * Truly fascinating . . . . Powering Empire is an important work for those wishing to broaden their understanding of the role fossil fuels-notably coal-played and continue to play in politics and daily life. It is written in accessible language and is not weighed down by overly technical information or dry economic analysis. As such, it should be of great interest to those seeking to learn about the history of the Middle East, imperialism, and globalization. * The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs * The present work by social and cultural historian On Barak is the result of an extremely ambitious research. . . .It is a text that deserves to be read not only for the bibliographical research work done by the author, for the audacious storytelling and some keen observations, but also because it stimulates a timely reflection on the perspectives of contemporary historiography. * The Journal of European Economic History *

Powering Empire is a valuable and ground-breaking work and should be of interest to any scholar working in the fields of the history and culture of the modern Middle East and British Empire. * Diyar * Powering Empire is a valuable and ground-breaking work and should be of interest to any scholar working in the fields of the history and culture of the modern Middle East and British Empire. * Diyar *

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On Barak is a social historian of science and technology in non-Western settings, and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of On Time: Technology and Temporality in Modern Egypt.

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