| #4440549 in Books | Barbara Freese | 2003-06-01 | Formats: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.40 x.60 x5.30l,.22 | Running time: 27432 seconds | Binding: MP3 CD | Coal A Human History
||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent overview on the historical importance of coal|By George Fulmore|For those interested in world history, this book fills in many blanks. It is a pleasurable read, full of innumerable factoids and insights about how coal has affected human history. It also adds information about the transition from England to the U.S., one that involves coal, wood and the increasing t|From Publishers Weekly|Coal has been both lauded for its efficiency as a heating fuel and maligned for the lung-wrenching black smoke it gives off. In her first book, Freese, an assistant attorney general of Minnesota (where she helps enforce environmental laws
The fascinating, often surprising story of how a simple black rock has altered the course of history. Prized as "the best stone in Britain" by Roman invaders who carved jewelry out of it, coal has transformed societies, powered navies, fueled economies, and expanded frontiers. It made China a twelfth-century superpower, inspired the writing of the Communist Manifesto, and helped the northern states win the American Civil War. Yet the mundane mineral that built our globa...
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