Inventing pollution : coal, smoke, and culture in Britain since 1800 /

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Annotation Britain's supremacy in the nineteenth century depended in large part on its vast deposits of coal. This coal not only powered steam engines in factories, ships, and railway locomotives but also warmed homes and cooked food. As coal consumption skyrocketed, the air in Britain's c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thorsheim, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2006.
Colección:Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
Temas:
Air > Pollution > Great Britain > History.
Smoke prevention > Great Britain > History.
Environmentalism > Great Britain > History.
Air > Pollution > Social aspects > Great Britain > History.
Coal > Combustion > Health aspects > Great Britain > History.
Fumée > Lutte contre > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Environnementalisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > General.
Air > Pollution
Air > Pollution > Social aspects
Coal > Combustion > Health aspects
Environmentalism
Smoke prevention
Luchtverontreiniging.
Great Britain
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
History
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