Ashley Dawsonis a professor of English at CUNY, New York City. He is the author ofMongrel NationandThe Routledge Concise History of Twentieth-Century British Literature, as well as a short story in the anthologyStaten Island Noir.
An elegant, controversial thesis -The Guardian For anyone wanting to understand what comes after oil and how we might get there. -Imre Szeman, author of On Petrocultures A gift to activists, providing a clear and accessible history of energy as well as a vision towards the publicly owned, democratically controlled, 100% renewable world we need. -Aaron Eisenberg, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation A brilliant guide to building collective, equitable, and radical energy democracies in the here and now. -Lavinia Steinfort, Transnational Institute