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In the kingdom of coal : an American family and the rock that changed the world /

It was a time of poverty and enterprise, when poor men slaved in the mines, rich men became barons and America grew from a backward agricultural colony to the industrial force of the modern world. The driving power behind this transformation was coal, the black gold that even today illuminates our c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rottenberg, Dan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:It was a time of poverty and enterprise, when poor men slaved in the mines, rich men became barons and America grew from a backward agricultural colony to the industrial force of the modern world. The driving power behind this transformation was coal, the black gold that even today illuminates our cities and runs our personal computers. In The Kingdom of Coal tells the extraordinary story of coal through the eyes of two families--one the magnates, one the miners--over three generations while locked together, for better or worse, in a common quest. At the reigns of power are the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 327 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-318) and index.
ISBN:0203488563
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