1200 Pages
by
Routledge
The emergence of coal-based fuel economy over the course of the nineteenth century was one of the most significant features of America’s Industrial Revolution, but the transition from wood to mineral energy sources was a gradual one that transpired over a number of decades. The documents in these volumes recreate the institutional history of the American coal industry in the nineteenth... Read more
Volume 1. General Introduction: Coal and the New Nation, 1790–1835, Volume 2. Making Coal a Household Name, 1835–1875, Volume 3. King Coal’s Uneasy Throne in America, 1870–1902, Index
Biography
Sean Patrick Adams
