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099    eAudiobook hoopla 
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100 1  Freese, Barbara|q(Barbara E.) 
245 10 Coal :|ba human history|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /
       |cBarbara Freese. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bTantor Audio,|c2003. 
264  2 |bMade available through hoopla 
300    1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 37 min.)) :
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511 1  Read by Shelly Frasier. 
520    The fascinating, often surprising story of how a simple 
       black rock has altered the course of history. 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 Communist Manifesto, and helped the northern states
       win the American Civil War.Yet the mundane mineral that 
       built our global economy-and even today powers our 
       electrical plants-has also caused death, disease, and 
       environmental destruction. As early as 1306, King Edward I
       tried to ban coal (unsuccessfully) because its smoke 
       became so obnoxious. Its recent identification as a 
       primary cause of global warming has made it a cause 
       célèbre of a new kind.In this remarkable book, Barbara 
       Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins 
       three hundred million years ago and spans the globe. From 
       the "Great Stinking Fogs" of London to the rat-infested 
       coal mines of Pennsylvania, from the impoverished slums of
       Manchester to the toxic city streets of Beijing, Coal is a
       captivating narrative about an ordinary substance that has
       done extraordinary things-a simple black rock that could 
       well determine our fate as a species. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Coal|xHistory. 
650  0 Coal|xEnvironmental aspects. 
700 1  Frasier, Shelly.|4nrt 
710 2  hoopla digital. 
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