The age of smoke : environmental policy in Germany and the United States, 1880-1970 /

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In 1880, coal was the primary energy source for everything from home heating to industry. Regions where coal was readily available, such as the Ruhr Valley in Germany and western Pennsylvania in the United States, witnessed exponential growth-yet also suffered the greatest damage from coal pollution...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Uekötter, Frank, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2009.
©2009
Colección:History of the urban environment.
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions
University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections
Temas:
Environmental policy > United States > History.
Environmental policy > Germany > History.
Smoke prevention > United States > History.
Smoke prevention > Germany > History.
Air quality management > United States > History.
Air quality management > Germany > History.
Air > Pollution > United States > History.
Air > Pollution > Germany > History.
Public health.
Smoke > adverse effects
Public Health
History, 20th Century
History, 19th Century
Environment
Coal > adverse effects
Air Pollutants > adverse effects
Air Pollution > prevention & control
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Allemagne > Histoire.
Fumée > Lutte contre > États-Unis > Histoire.
Fumée > Lutte contre > Allemagne > Histoire.
Air > Qualité > Gestion > États-Unis > Histoire.
Air > Qualité > Gestion > Allemagne > Histoire.
Santé publique.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
public health.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > General.
Public health
Air > Pollution
Air quality management
Environmental policy
Smoke prevention
Luftföroreningar > Tyskland > historia.
Luftföroreningar > Förenta staterna > historia.
United States
Germany
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The age of smoke
  • Modern times, modern problems : controlling smoke, 1880-1914
  • Pollutants and politics : air pollution control between the wars
  • Beyond the pall of smoke
  • Going local, going national : the postwar divergence of environmental policy
  • Forerunners and pioneers
  • Environmental revolutions and evolutions
  • Conclusion : Was the environmental revolution necessary?

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