Barbara Freese
Autore di Coal: A Human History
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Barbara Freese is the author of Coal: A Human History, a New York Times Notable Book. She is an environmental attorney and a former Minnesota assistant attorney general.
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Freese, Barbara Ellen
- Data di nascita
- 1960
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Attività lavorative
- environmental attorney
energy policy analyst - Breve biografia
- An Assistant Attorney General of Minnesota for more than twelve years, Barbara Freese not only helped enforce her state's environmental laws but also became fascinated by the very substance causing the worst pollution.
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Written with enough detail to tie into the reasons for coals importance in the old and new epochs but with sufficient lightness that a general reader will find it highly entertaining. And even for a seasoned reader of technology and the world, like myself, enjoyed this wonderful book.
Some of the insights I could kick myself for not considering such as cheap fuel and sunlight on offer compared to slums, dinginess, and expensive fuel would make the US highly attractive in the pre-1900 world.… (altro)
Some of the insights I could kick myself for not considering such as cheap fuel and sunlight on offer compared to slums, dinginess, and expensive fuel would make the US highly attractive in the pre-1900 world.… (altro)
A reasonable, readable, and short history of coal and it's impact on human history. Pretty good. Of course, much of the focus is the profound impact that coal had on the industrial revolution and Britain, but that is to be expected. A bit ominous on the whole global warming book (the wider adoption of clean coal technologies, and cleaner fracking for natural gas, was in the future when this book was penned. A quick, interesting read.
This is an interesting overview of the complex relationship between coal and humankind, how the natural resource propelled people into the industrial age and many technological advancements even as it kills with both intimate and widespread forms of poison. The focus is on the zones: Britain, western Pennsylvania, and China. Freese's approach is even-handed, blunt in her descriptions of coal as a blessing and a curse.
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- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 720
- Popolarità
- #35,254
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 15
- ISBN
- 15