Boom - Crisis - Heritage King Coal and the Energy Revolutions after 1945

• Other Authors: Bluma, Lars (Editor), Farrenkopf, Michael (Editor), Meyer, Torsten (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021
• Series: Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Bergbau-Museum Bochum 242
• Subjects: Economic history; The environment; Social & cultural history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Mining History; History of Energy; Industrial Heritage
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Boom - Crisis - Heritage, these terms aptly outline the history of global coal mining after 1945. The essays collected in this volume explore this history with different emphases and questions. The range of topics also reflects this broad approach. The first section contains contributions on politic...