Coal, Smoke, and Culture in Britain since 1800
by
Peter Thorsheim, Peter Thorsheim
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Going as far back as the thirteenth century, Britons mined and burned coal. Britain’s supremacy in the nineteenth century depended in large part on its vast deposits of coal, which powered industry, warmed homes, and cooked food. As coal consumption skyrocketed, the air in Britain's cities and towns...