Freese, Barbara (Barbara E.). <br/><br/>
Coal  : a human history 
/ Barbara Freese 
 - Cambridge, MA  : Perseus Pub.  , c2003. 
 - v, 308 p., [8] p. of plates  : ill.  ; 20 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-291) and index. 
<br/><br/> An environmental attorney for the state of Minnesota for some 12 years, Freese acquired an interest in coal while working on a legal case involving global warming and the effect of emissions from coal-burning power plants that generate electricity. She traces the history of coal use in Britain, the U.S., and China, and examines the ongoing tension between its creative and destructive capacities, the role it has played in the urbanization, centralization, industrialization, and mechanization of the world, and the severe environmental threat it poses today. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780738204000 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002114066 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Coal----History.<br/>Coal----Social aspects.<br/>Coal----Environmental aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TN800  / .F74 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>553.2 FRE