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Inventing Pollution: Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain since 1800 - Series in Ecology and History Peter Thorsheim
Inventing Pollution: Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain since 1800 - Series in Ecology and History
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.
360 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 15, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780821416815 |
| Publishers | Ohio University Press |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 20 mm · 449 g |