Author: Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway TerminalsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Smoke Papers of the Chicago Association of Commerce, Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals
Author: Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway TerminalsPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
Smoke Papers of the Chicago Association of Commerce, Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals
Author: Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway TerminalsPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
Smoke Papers of the Chicago Association of Commerce, Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals
Author: Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway TerminalsPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals in Chicago
Author: Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway TerminalsPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
Book Description
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement
Author: Linsky BenjaminPublisher: Pergamon
ISBN: 9780080223025
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Synopsis of the Report of the Chicago Association of Commerce Committee on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals
Author: George GibbsSmoke Investigation
Author: John Edward Wallace WallinPublisher:
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Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Smoke Investigations
Author: Mellon Institute of industrial research, PittsburghPublisher:
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Category : Smoke prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Paper - Air Pollution Control Association
Author: Air Pollution Control AssociationPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Age of Smoke
Author: Frank UekötterPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822973502
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
In 1880, coal was the primary energy source for everything from home heating to industry. Regions where coal was readily available, such as the Ruhr Valley in Germany and western Pennsylvania in the United States, witnessed exponential growth-yet also suffered the greatest damage from coal pollution. These conditions prompted civic activism in the form of "anti-smoke" campaigns to attack the unsightly physical manifestations of coal burning. This early period witnessed significant cooperation between industrialists, government, and citizens to combat the smoke problem. It was not until the 1960s, when attention shifted from dust and grime to hazardous invisible gases, that cooperation dissipated, and protests took an antagonistic turn.The Age of Smoke presents an original, comparative history of environmental policy and protest in the United States and Germany. Dividing this history into distinct eras (1880 to World War I, interwar, post-World War II to 1970), Frank Uekoetter compares and contrasts the influence of political, class, and social structures, scientific communities, engineers, industrial lobbies, and environmental groups in each nation. He concludes with a discussion of the environmental revolution, arguing that there were indeed two environmental revolutions in both countries: one societal, where changing values gave urgency to air pollution control, the other institutional, where changes in policies tried to catch up with shifting sentiments.Focusing on a critical period in environmental history, The Age of Smoke provides a valuable study of policy development in two modern industrial nations, and the rise of civic activism to combat air pollution. As Uekoetter's work reveals, the cooperative approaches developed in an earlier era offer valuable lessons and perhaps the best hope for future progress.