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Title Coal [electronic resource] : a human history / Barbara Freese.
Author Freese, Barbara (Barbara E.)
Publication Info. [Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media, 2008.
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Playing Time 072926
System Details Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 107689 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Performer Read by Shelly Frasier.
Note Duration: 7:29:26.
Summary <P>The fascinating, often surprising story of how a simple black rock has altered the course of history. Prized as "the best stone in Britain" by Roman invaders who carved jewelry out of it, coal has transformed societies, powered navies, fueled economies, and expanded frontiers. It made China a twelfth-century superpower, inspired the writing of the Communist Manifesto, and helped the northern states win the American Civil War...
Subject Coal -- History.
Coal -- Environmental aspects.
Coal -- Social aspects.
Genre Audiobooks.
Downloadable audio books.
Added Author Frasier, Shelly. Narrator.
Tantor Media.
OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)