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In this innovative contribution to the field of environmental history, Stephen Mosley explores the devastating human and environmental costs of smoke pollution in the world’s first industrial city.

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"'The great strength of Stephen Mosley's The Chimney of the World is its melding of environmental and cultural history, which lends and added dimension to his rich and original study' - Matthew Osborn, ""Business History Review"" 'This is a joy to read, often unearthing some of the more suprising attitudes to smoke emissions, for example the once popular belief that sulphurous acid in coal acted as a disinfectant, purifying town air ... [The book] establishes itself as not only a leader within the discipline of British urban environmental history, but as a benchmark for others to follow.' - Jodie Thorne, ""Albion Reviews of Books"" 'Mosley has given us a beautifully crafter and well-researched book, a pioneering contribution that should certainly be considered required reading for urban environmental historians'. - Christopher Hamblin, ""University of Notre Dame"""

'The great strength of Stephen Mosley's The Chimney of the World is its melding of environmental and cultural history, which lends and added dimension to his rich and original study' - Matthew Osborn, Business History Review 'This is a joy to read, often unearthing some of the more suprising attitudes to smoke emissions, for example the once popular belief that sulphurous acid in coal acted as a disinfectant, purifying town air ... [The book] establishes itself as not only a leader within the discipline of British urban environmental history, but as a benchmark for others to follow.' - Jodie Thorne, Albion Reviews of Books 'Mosley has given us a beautifully crafter and well-researched book, a pioneering contribution that should certainly be considered required reading for urban environmental historians'. - Christopher Hamblin, University of Notre Dame

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Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

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