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Thorsheim, Peter.

Inventing pollution coal, smoke, and culture in Britain since 1800 / [electronic resource] : Peter Thorsheim. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2006. - xii, 307 p. : ill. - Ohio University Press series in ecology and history . - Ohio University Press series in ecology and history. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-291) and index.

Coal, smoke, and history -- The miasma era -- Pollution redefined -- The balance of nature -- Pollution and civilization -- Degeneration and eugenics -- Environmental activism -- Regulating pollution -- Pollution displacement -- Death comes from the air -- Smokeless zones -- Reinventing pollution.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Air--Pollution--History.--Great Britain
Smoke prevention--History.--Great Britain
Environmentalism--History.--Great Britain
Air--Pollution--Social aspects--History.--Great Britain
Coal--Combustion--Health aspects--History.--Great Britain

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TD883.7.G7 / T48 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.739/20941