Black Gold : The Rise, Reign, and Fall of American Coal

Wyss, Bob

University of California Press（2025/09発売）

University of California Press（2025/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 312 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780520391789
• DDC分類 622.3340973

Full Description

Coal's central role in America's history and its ongoing threats in the climate crisis.
 
For decades coal has been crucial to America's culture, society, and environment, an essential ingredient in driving out winter's cold, cooking meals, and lighting the dark. In the coalfields and beyond, Bob Wyss describes how this magical elixir sparked the Industrial Revolution, powered railroads, and built urban skylines, while providing home comforts for families.
 
Coal's history and heritage are fundamental to understanding its legacy of threats to America's well-being. As industry developed so did clashes between powerful tycoons, coal miners, and innocent families. Exploitation and avarice led to victimization, deadly violence, and ultimately the American labor movement. More recently coal has endangered American lives and safety, brought on by two centuries of carbon combustion, and here the threat remains unresolved. This is coal's most enduring legacy, and Black Gold is pivotal in helping us understand how we got to this point.

Contents

Contents
 
List of Illustrations
Synopsis and Cast
 
Prelude
1. Kingpin
2. Centralia
3. Giants
 
Part One. Rise
4. Energy Crisis
5. The Race West
6. Steelmakers
7. Molly Maguires
 
Part Two. Reign
8. Centennial
9. Empire
10. Penn Station
11. Smoke
12. Rebellion
13. The Coal Miner
 
Part Three. Fall
14. Coal Town
15. St. Louis
16. Demise
17. Power
18. Coal River
19. Black Lung
20. Longview
21. Memorial
 
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index