Coal: Nature and Culture
- ISBN-10
- 1789143675
- ISBN-13
- 9781789143676
- Series
- Coal
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-04-15
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Author
- Ralph Crane
Description
While concerns about climate change have focused negative attention on the coal industry in recent years, as descendants of the industrial revolution we have all benefitted from the mining of the black seam. Coal has significantly influenced the course of human history and our social and natural environments. This book takes readers on a journey through the extraordinary artistic responses to coal, from its role in the works of writers such as Émile Zola, D. H. Lawrence, and George Orwell; to the way it inspired the work of painters, including J. M. W. Turner, Claude Monet, and Vincent van Gogh; to the place of coal in film, song, and folklore; as well as the surprising allure of coal tourism. Strikingly illustrated, Coal provides engaging and informative insight into the myriad ways coal has affected our lives.
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Other editions
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- 2007-12-21
- 183 pages
- Paperback
- National Academies Press
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- 2007-11-21
- 182 pages
- Ebook
- National Academies Press
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