Inventing pollution coal, smoke, and culture in Britain since 1800 - Thorsheim, Peter; ebrary, Inc. (Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-291) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: 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; Electronic books