Farewell, King Coal: from industrial triumph to climatic disaster

Farewell, King Coal: from industrial triumph to climatic disaster

by Anthony Seaton (Author)

Synopsis

In writing this account of the rise and decline of the coal industry and its effects on the health of the miners, of those who worked with coal products and of almost all of us who have breathed in the pollution from its combustion, Professor Seaton points to the often hidden adverse consequences of transformative technologies.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 272
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Dunedin Academic Press
Published: 01 Nov 2018

ISBN 10: 1780460775
ISBN 13: 9781780460772

Author Bio
Professor Seaton has worked as a chest physician and environmental medicine academic in West Virginia, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. He has been involved in research into lung diseases and air pollution for most of his career. His other publications include several medical textbooks and many popular essays in the Scottish Review.