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Coal
Barbara Freese
其他書名
A Human History
出版
Basic Books
, 2016-02-09
主題
History / World
Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels
ISBN
0465096182
9780465096183
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9_XcCgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
"Engrossing . . .
Coal
, to borrow a phrase, is king." --
New York Times Book Review
In this remarkable book, Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Prized as "the best stone in Britain" by Roman invaders who carved jewelry out of it, coal has transformed societies, launched empires, and expanded frontiers. It made China an eleventh-century superpower, inspired the
Communist Manifesto
, and helped the North win the American Civil War. Yet coal's transformative power has come at tremendous cost, from the blackening of our lungs and skies, to the perils of mining, to global warming. Now updated with a new chapter describing the high-stakes conflict between coal's defenders and those working to preserve a livable climate,
Coal
offers a captivating history of the mineral that helped build the modern world but now endangers our future.