(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Mar-2021, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750995047)
The follow-up to Hannahs Story, this recounts the fortunes of Hannahs female descendants into the 20th century and the enduring challenges they faced...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1962, this is an important work in the history of Trade Unionism. The period covered by this volume saw momentous changes in the structure of trade unionism in the mining industry in England. In 1914 every coalfield had it...Loe edasi...
First published in 1993, The History of the Yorkshire Miners 1881-1918 is concerned with the workers in the Yorkshire coal industry, their union, and the broader mining communities. First published in 1993, The History of...Loe edasi...
Employing scientific explanations and hard data, this book shows why coal is such a problem, how the pro-coal forces got to be so powerful, and how those forces might be defeated through political activism.Coal provided the energy t...Loe edasi...
Taking the growing South African mining town of Emalahleni as a case study, this book investigates whether a just transition from coal-generated energy is possible and what the local implications of this global restructuring of the energy sector w...Loe edasi...
Phytonematodes are small microscopic invertebrate animals living in the soil as parasites of many plants. Many plant-parasitic nematodes establish strong host-parasitic relations with major food, fruit, vegetable, and allied crops, resulting in a dr...Loe edasi...
First published in 1993, The History of the Yorkshire Miners 1881-1918 is concerned with the workers in the Yorkshire coal industry, their union, and the broader mining communities. First published in 1993, The History of...Loe edasi...
With only a handful of British coalmines remaining active and with targets set to reduce carbon emissions, the coal industry now seems to be heading towards extinction. Yet, it was coal that turned Britain into a world-leader during the Industrial Re...Loe edasi...
The 1990s were a decade of change on the railways with colliery closures and privatisation. This is a potted history of Worksop train crew depot, with photos of collieries, trains and power stations. There are maps, descriptions of each colliery and...Loe edasi...
Lochner Marais, Phillippe Burger, Maléne Campbell, Stuart Paul Denoon-Stevens, Deidré van Rooyen
Sari: Edinburgh Studies in Urban Political Economy
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Nov-2021, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9781474487054)
Coal and Energy in South Africa: Considering a Just Transition investigates the consequences of shifting social responsibilities, new inequalities and the sustainability concerns created by the likely energy transition in Africa to end the fossil-fue...Loe edasi...
Arthur Horner (1894-1968) was a miners leader from the 1926 general strike to his retirement as general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1959. During his life he played a crucial role in the fight for a national mineworkers union,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Mar-2021, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750995047)
The follow-up to Hannahs Story, this recounts the fortunes of Hannahs female descendants into the 20th century and the enduring challenges they faced...Loe edasi...
The Coal Preparation Society of India is a non-profit, non-government professional body whose members come from among the coal, power, iron, and steel sectors and their allied industries. CPSI has dedicatedly promoted the washing of high ash coal to...Loe edasi...
James Goodman, Stuart Rosewarne, Linda Connor, Devleena Ghosh, Kanchi Kohli, Jonathan Paul Marshall, Manju Menon, Katja Mueller, Tom Morton, Rebecca Pearse...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Nov-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781108479820)
Climate change makes fossil fuels unburnable, yet global coal production has almost doubled over the last 20 years. This book explores how the world can stop mining coal - the most prolific source of greenhouse gas emissions. It documents efforts at...Loe edasi...
World coal production will increase up to 2040 and world energy consumption will be very much dependent on coal. For a better planning of coal mining operations, it is essential to know the strength, cuttability and workability of coal, which are...Loe edasi...
Once the beehive coke oven was perfected in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the coal and coke industry began to flourish and supply other fledgling industries with the fuel they needed to succeed. The thrust of this growth came from Henry Clay Frick,...Loe edasi...
Coal has been the worlds fastest-growing energy source in absolute terms for over a decade. Coal also emits more CO2 than any other fossil fuel and contributes to serious air pollution problems in many regions of the world. If we hope to satisfy the...Loe edasi...
This book is a direct outgrowth of classes that the authors gave over a period of three decades to a university audience taking a Mineral Beneficiation course as a major that included coal processing and utilization. It is designed to be used as a...Loe edasi...
