Putting the world to work -- The birth of energy -- The novelty of energy -- A steampunk production -- A geo-theology of energy -- Work becomes energetic -- Energy, race, and empire -- Energopolitics -- The imperial organism at work -- Education for empire -- A post-work energy politics.

Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern Europe was marked by stable or falling per capita...