Black Gold: The History Of How Coal Made Britain Jeremy Paxman William Collins Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

From The Bestselling Historian And Acclaimed Broadcaster ‘A Rich Social History … Paxman’s Book Could Hardly Be More Colourful I Enjoyed Each Page Enormously’ Dominic Sandbrook Sunday Times ‘Vividly Told Fine Narrative Powers Are At Their Best’ Coal Is Commodity That Made Britain Dirty Polluting Though It This Black Rock Has Acted As A Midwife To Genius Drove Industry Religion Politics Empire Trade Powered Industrial Revolution Turned Into First Urban Nation Almost All Others Possible In Brilliant Jeremy Paxman Tells Story Of Mining England Scotland Wales Roman Through Birth Steam Power War Nationalisation Pea-Souper Smogs Strife Picket Lines Miner’s Strike Written Captivating Style His English Ranges Widely Across Explore Stories Engineers Inventors Entrepreneurs Industrialists – But Whilst Inevitably Helped Become Richer By Gold Foremost Working Miners Men Women Often Children Who Toiled Appalling Conditions Down Mines Villages Were Thrown Up Around Pit-Head Traces Coal-Mining Have Vanished With Demonstrates Just How Much We Owe Stuff Σελίδες: 320 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm