The Age of Coal describes the enormous contribution of coal to the history of Europe over the last 250 years and how it helped to transform the way we live, transforming industrialisation; transport; home life; organic chemistry; international relations; the labour market and labour organization; as...

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1. Verfasser:	Brüggemeier, Franz-Josef 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Martin, Ruth 1914-2000 (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford Oxford University Press [2024]
Ausgabe:	First edition
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Zusammenfassung:	The Age of Coal describes the enormous contribution of coal to the history of Europe over the last 250 years and how it helped to transform the way we live, transforming industrialisation; transport; home life; organic chemistry; international relations; the labour market and labour organization; as well as the vast environmental impact. Cover -- The Age of Coal: A History of Europe, 1750 to the Present -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1: A World (Almost) without Coal -- Beginnings and Myths -- Unloved Coal -- Transport -- Going Underground -- Muscle and Experience -- Miners and Coal Owners -- The Law of the Land -- Steam Engines -- Organic Societies -- An Energy Crisis around 1800? -- 2: Early Industrialization (c.1750-1830) -- Coal, Steel, and the Railway -- Politics, the State, and Mining Companies -- Miners -- Conflicts -- Coal and Health: The Example of Bamberg -- A Disgusting Fuel -- Companies, State, and Citizens -- 3: Coal, Coal, Coal: The Triumph of Black Coal (c.1830-1914) -- Supply and Demand -- Technological Developments -- Miners and Their Work -- Effects on the Environment and the Natural World -- Smoke, Soot, and Waste Water -- Debates and Solutions -- Disasters, Accidents, Illness, and Attrition -- The Case of Courrières -- Illnesses and Attrition -- Accidents -- 4: People, People, People -- 16 May 1889 -- Employers -- Risks, Cartels, and Profits -- Miners, Families, Outsiders -- Heritage and Migration -- Arrival -- Self-Help -- Religion and Churches -- 5: Strikes, Unions, and Democracy -- Experiences of Work -- Conflicts -- Anzin 1833 -- Ruhr, Saar, and Upper Silesia, 1889 -- Britain, 1912 -- Belgium and France, 1890-1914 -- Germany before the Outbreak of the First World War -- The Early Twentieth Century -- Strikes 1912/13 -- The Donets Basin -- Carbon Democracy? -- 6: Space, Time, Nature (and China) -- Gas and Light -- Worlds of Wonder -- A Plague of Caterpillars -- Space and Time -- Why Europe? -- 7: The Fight for Coal (1914-1938) -- Production and Demand -- Rationalization and Modernization -- Environment -- Conflicts, Strikes, and Battles.
Beschreibung:	xiv, 364 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:	9780192896933