Coal : A Human History

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Freese is an environmental attorney and writer, with a particular focus on climate change, energy policy, and corporate social responsibility. She is a former Minnesota assistant attorney general and a former senior policy analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists, and she has represented various environmental and clean energy nonprofit groups working to protect the climate. Her first book, Coal: A Human History , is a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Klappentext Taking us on a rich historical journey that begins on the banks of the river Tyne, Barbara Freese explores the profound role coal has played in human history and continues to play in todays world. Zusammenfassung Taking us on a rich historical journey that begins on the banks of the river Tyne, Barbara Freese explores the profound role coal has played in human history and continues to play in todays world.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Freese, Freese Barbara
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.01.2006
• EAN: 9780099478843
• ISBN: 978-0-09-947884-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Arrow Paperbacks
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mining, Social & cultural history, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Technology, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Economic Geology, Industrialisation and industrial history, Energy industries and utilities, Coal & Solid Fuel Industries