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

Going as far back as the thirteenth century, Britons mined and burned coal. Britain's supremacy in the nineteenth century depended in large part on its vast deposits of coal, which powered industry, warmed homes, and cooked food. As coal consumption skyrocketed, the air in Britain's cities...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thorsheim, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2018.
Colección:Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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