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Before Oil, Coal.(Book Review)
As the hunt for alternative fuels intensifies, the world finds itself looking to the past to secure the future. Barbara Freese's COAL: A HUMAN HISTORY (Perseus) offers an unflinching history of life in the mines: "Sometimes I sing when I've light, but not in the dark,"an eight-year-old mineworker told a parliamentary commission on child labor in the eighteen-forties. During a visit to Manchester, Alexis de Tocqueville found that sulfurous smoke reduced the sun to a flattened "disc without rays."But in the industrial revolution, coal was also seen as "our species' salvation."It still provides more than half of the electricity in the United States, and, according to some estimates, ninety new coal-fired power plants are in planning stages.
Bituminous veins in Appalachia may have fed industry, but strip mining has also caused erosion, stream pollution, and mud slides. In 1945, the ...
- World War II. Pacific War. 1945. (PAR294314)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos W. Eugene Smith January 1, 1945 700+ words
...Eugene Smith Magnum Photos 01-01-1945 World War II. Pacific War. 1945. Keywords: household...natural element rubble construction material world war ii conflict defense wwii 2nd world war confrontation armed conflict defence war wars...
- The National World War II Museum to Host Film Conference Examining How a...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 22, 2008 700+ words
Real to Reel: World War II in Film, Documentaries & Newsreels...The Second International Conference on World War II this April NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The pivotal years of World War II have influenced and inspired filmmakers...
- Veterans of World War II find themselves richly, newly celebrated.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Infield, Tom May 22, 2004 700+ words
...years ago, Bill Guarnere's heroics in World War II were mostly unknown even to his neighbors...Guarnere is an extreme version of what many World War II veterans have experienced recently...weekend with the dedication of the National World War II Memorial in Washington. As they ...
- Hot topic in Germany: aggression in World War I; Sunday marked the 90th...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor August 2, 2004 700+ words
...largely responsible for the outbreak of World War I. To a population that had grown up...theories that test old notions about World War I are surfacing. Already this year...more students are showing an interest in World War I courses. "I have noticed that World...
- SENS. LANDRIEU, VITTER SECURE $25M TO EXPAND WORLD WAR II MUSEUM
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News September 11, 2009 700+ words
...25 million to expand the National World War II Museum, located in New Orleans...focused on the American home front during World War II. "I have long been a strong supporter and advocate of the World War II Museum in its expansion efforts...
- Honor Flight honors World War II veterans.
- Magazine article from: DAV Magazine March 1, 2008 700+ words
...about to miss their trip to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Most...baseball caps proudly identifying them as World War II veterans. They were excited. The...organization that seeks to honor as many World War II veterans as possible by providing...
- The Outbreak of the First World War: 1914 in Perspective.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Teaching History: A Journal of Methods Lowry, Bullitt September 22, 2000 700+ words
...Stevenson. The Outbreak of the First World War: 1914 in Perspective. New York: St...H. Bell. The Origins of the Second World War in Europe. London & New York...scholarship on the related questions of why World War I broke out and why World War II emerged...
- World War II Vets as a Group Have Fared Well
- Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered March 27, 1996 700+ words
...men over 65, some seven million, served in World War II. Researchers say that most veterans led...s seven million men - served in the Second World War. As a group, experts say, World War II veterans have fared well. They received...
