Inventing pollution
Subtitle: coal, smoke, and culture in Britain since 1800
By: Peter Thorsheim.
Series: Ohio University Press series in ecology and history
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Air -- Pollution -- Great Britain -- History.; Smoke prevention -- Great Britain -- History.; Environmentalism -- Great Britain -- History.; Air -- Pollution -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History.; Coal -- Combustion -- Health aspects -- Great Britain -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Coal, smoke, and history; title: The miasma era; title: Pollution redefined; title: The balance of nature; title: Pollution and civilization; title: Degeneration and eugenics; title: Environmental activism; title: Regulating pollution; title: Pollution displacement; title: Death comes from the air; title: Smokeless zones.