Coal & solid fuel industries books

"Employing scientific explanations and hard data, this book shows why coal is such a problem, how the pro-coal forces...  Read More >>

Taking the growing South African mining town of Emalahleni as a case study, this book investigates whether a just...  Read More >>

The 100 year life of a unique coalfield. The County of Kent, with its hopgardens, oasthouses and orchards, is known...  Read More >>

Offers a deep dive into the complex inner workings of energy shift in the Navajo Nation. Geographer Andrew Curley,...  Read More >>

Offers a deep dive into the complex inner workings of energy shift in the Navajo Nation. Geographer Andrew Curley,...  Read More >>

First published in 1993, The History of the Yorkshire Miners 1881-1918 is concerned with the workers in the Yorkshire...  Read More >>

Beautifully illustrated, Architecture and the Face of Coal is the first book to examine the fascinating story of...  Read More >>

The County of Kent, with its hopgardens, oasthouses and orchards, is known around the world as the Garden of England....  Read More >>

The 1990s were a decade of change on the railways with colliery closures and privatisation. This is a potted history...  Read More >>

Deep-mined coal is no longer produced in the United Kingdom - the last of the country's collieries was closed at...  Read More >>

Offers an intimate remembrance of kinship and community in eastern Kentucky's coal towns written by one of the luminaries...  Read More >>

Offers an intimate remembrance of kinship and community in eastern Kentucky's coal towns written by one of the luminaries...  Read More >>

Taking the growing South African mining town of Emalahleni as a case study, this book investigates whether a just...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1986, examines the miners’ strike of 1984-5 – an event that formed the decisive break...  Read More >>

This unprecedented behind the scenes analysis of public order policing, first published in 1994, investigates the...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1989, examines how a seemingly trivial incident can act as a flashpoint for wider...  Read More >>

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Arthur Horner (1894-1968) was a miners' leader from the 1926 general strike to his retirement as general secretary...  Read More >>

Arthur Horner (1894-1968) was a miners' leader from the 1926 general strike to his retirement as general secretary...  Read More >>

The follow-up to Hannah's Story, this recounts the fortunes of Hannah’s female descendants into the 20th century...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1981. Examining in detail the best evidence on the likely level of domestic and overseas...  Read More >>

Contains over 100 high quality papers from fifteen countries, covering all aspects of coal processing, gasification,...  Read More >>

Climate change makes fossil fuels unburnable, yet global coal production has almost doubled over the last 20 years....  Read More >>

This book examines water resource management in China’s electric power sector and the implications for energy provision...  Read More >>

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