New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
Wout Saelens, "Fossil Consumerism: Energy, Ecology and Everyday Life in the Early Modern Low Countries" (Leuven UP, 2026)
Dr. Wout Saelens's book, "Fossil Consumerism," examines how households in the early modern Low Countries embraced peat and coal, leading to a modern dependence on fossil fuels. The book reinterprets the historical roots of global warming, locating them in the domestic sphere…