Inventing pollution : coal, smoke, and culture in Britain since 1800 / Peter Thorsheim.

  • Thorsheim, Peter.
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[2006], ©2006
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Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2006], ©2006.

Physical description

xii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Bibliographic information

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

Contents

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.

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    History of Medicine
    JCI.43.AA8-9
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  • 0821416804
  • 0821416812