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Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Opening Remarks -- 1.2 Research Questions Asked -- Chapter 2: Delinearized History of Economics and Energy -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The European Tract of Economics History -- 2.3 Transition of...