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

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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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Thorsheim, Peter (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2018.
Collection:Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
Sujets:
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 > Europe > Great Britain.
Air > Pollution > Social aspects.
Coal > Combustion > Health aspects.
Environmentalism.
Smoke prevention.
Great Britain.
History.
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