The History of the British Coal Industry: Volume 1: Before 1700: Towards the Age of Coal

by John Hatcher

This is the first volume which completes the definitive five-volume History of the British Coal Industry. Well before 1700 Britain had become heavily dependent upon coal for its fuel, and coal mining had taken its place among the nation's staple industries. Hatcher traces the production and trade of coal from the intermittent small-scale activity which prevailed in the Middle Ages to the rapid expansion and rising importance which characterized the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198282826
• ISBN13: 9780198282822
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 642 Pages
• Weight: 2.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"