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Inventing Pollution: Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain Since 1800 - Series in Ecology and History 1st edition
Peter Thorsheim
Inventing Pollution: Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain Since 1800 - Series in Ecology and History 1st edition
Peter Thorsheim
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.
320 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 15, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780821416808 |
Publishers | Ohio University Press |
Pages | 320 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 30 mm · 585 g |
Language | English |
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