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The Coal Question (e-book)

The Coal Question (e-book)

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Updated: October 2, 2007, 8:02 pm
Topics: Environmental Economics Energy Environmental History
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Ida Kubiszewski PhD

Historical and projected trends in population and the production, consumption and imports of coal in Britian by <a href='/article/Jevons,_William_Stanley' title='Jevons, William Stanley'>William Stanley Jevons</a> in <em>The Coal Question</em> Historical and projected trends in population and the production, consumption and imports of coal in Britian by William Stanley Jevons in The Coal Question

The Coal Question: An Inquiry Concerning the Progress of the Nation, and the Probable Exhaustion of Our Coal-Mines
Author: William Stanley Jevons
Edition Used: London: Macmillan and Co., 1866. (Second edition, revised)
First published: 1865
Hardcover: ISBN: B0007DNETY


  1. Introduction and Outline
  2. Opinions of Previous Writers
  3. Geological Aspects of the Question
  4. Of the Cost of Coal Mining
  5. Of the Price of Coal
  6. Of British Invention
  7. Of the Economy of Fuel
  8. Of Supposed Substitutes for Coal
  9. Of the Natural law of Social Growth
  10. Of the Growth and Migrations of our Population
  11. Of the Change and Progress of our Industry
  12. Of our Consumption of Coal
  13. Of the Export and Import of Coal
  14. On the Comparative Coal Resources of Different Countries
  15. Of the Iron Trade
  16. The Problem of the Trading Bodies
  17. Of Taxes and the National Debt
  18. Concluding Reflections

Citation

Ida Kubiszewski PhD (Lead Author);Ida Kubiszewski PhD (Topic Editor) "The Coal Question (e-book)". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth October 2, 2007; Last revised Date October 2, 2007; Retrieved June 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/The_Coal_Question_(e-book)>

The Author

Ida Kubiszewski Stewardship Committee The Encyclopedia of Earth   Dr. Ida Kubiszewski is a Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University.  She is also a co-founder and former-Managing Editor the Encyclopedia of Earth.  Dr. Kubiszewki is currently working as the Managing Editor for a magazine/journal hybrid called Solutions.  Solutions is an outlet for discussions focusing on solutions to the complex problems we are now facing in ... (Full Bio)

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