Coal
eBook - ePub

Coal

Nature and Culture

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Coal

Nature and Culture

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Preface
  7. 1. What Is Coal?
  8. 2. Using Coal
  9. 3. Working the Black Seam
  10. 4. The Politics of Coal
  11. 5. Coal Heritage and Tourism
  12. 6. Coal in Literature
  13. 7. Coal in Song and Film
  14. 8. Coal in Art
  15. 9. Coal and Folklore
  16. Afterword
  17. REFERENCES
  18. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  19. ASSOCIATIONS AND WEBSITES
  20. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  21. PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  22. INDEX