Coal - Nature and Culture

"While concerns about climate change have focused negative attention on the coal industry in recent years, as descendants of the industrial revolution we have all benefited from the mining of the black seam. Coal has influenced significantly the course of human history and our social and natural environments. This book takes readers on a journey through the extraordinary artistic responses to coal, from its role in the works of writers such as Zola, Lawrence, and Orwell, to the way it inspired the work of painters including Turner, Monet, and Van Gogh, and the place of coal in film, song, and folklore, as well as the surprising allure of coal tourism. This ... illustrated book provides an engaging and informative insight into the myriad ways coal has affected our lives"--Publisher's description.

About the author

Ralph Crane is professor emeritus of English at the University of Tasmania. He has written or edited twenty-five books.

Summary

An engaging insight into the myriad ways coal has affected our lives.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph Crane, Crane Ralph
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781789143669
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-366-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Earth
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; popular science, SCIENCE / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Earth Sciences