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Fredrik Jonsson (History, U of Chicago) proposes a fundamentally new interpretation of Britain's fossil energy economy between the first and second industrial revolutions 1750-1914. Rather than a single breakthrough in steam powered factory production, this model stresses a multi-sectoral ratchet of interlocking forces including urban demand, deep mining, infrastructure, iron production, and global food production.
