Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese
Coal: A Human History

Barbara Freese

Coal: A Human History

Barbara Freese

320 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
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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...

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