"Global decarbonization is humanity's most pressing challenge. Powering Empire offers the first historical roadmap charting how the world was carbonized. It also jettisons some misleading yet prevalent myths and clears impediments to this task. One is the naïve assumption that we are currently...

Importation of textiles into Qajar Iran -- Main import staples, size, importance and composition of textile imports -- Russia versus Great-Britain -- The importers -- What fabrics were imported? -- End-uses -- Discussion -- Glossary -- Consul Brant's proposal to conquer the market of Qajar Iran

Introduction : the historical location and conceptual framing of Afghanistan -- Financing the Kabul produce -- Contracting nomadic carriage for an aquatic agenda -- Fiscal instability and state revenue reformulation during the first British occupation -- Capital concentrations and coordinations...