Inventing Pollution - Coal, Smoke, And Culture in Britain Since 1800

Zusammenfassung 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter Thorsheim
• Verlag: University of ohio press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.05.2006
• EAN: 9780821416815
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1681-5
• Seiten: 307
• Abmessung: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Ohio University Press Series i; Series in Ecology and History
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Biologie > Ökologie