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Solving Problems, Making Climate Change. Peter Wagner’s “Carbon Societies” on the historical origins of fossil fuel dependency - Peter Wagner, Carbon Societies. The Social Logic of Fossil Fuels (Cambridge/New York, Polity Press, 2024, 320 p.)

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Peter Wagner, Carbon Societies. The Social Logic of Fossil Fuels (Cambridge/New York, Polity Press, 2024, 320 p.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2024

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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , December 2024 , pp. 484 - 489
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