The Coal Question: An Inquiry Concerning the Progress of the Nation, and the Probable Exhaustion of Our Coal-Mines by
William Stanley Jevons
Macmillan and Co. London, (Second edition, revised), 1866. First published: 1865.
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About the Book and Author
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Graph: Coal in England and Wales
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Preface
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I Introduction and Outline.
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II Opinions of Previous Writers.
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III Geological Aspects of the Question.
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IV Of the Cost of Coal Mining.
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V Of the Price of Coal.
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VI Of British Invention.
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VII Of the Economy of Fuel.
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VIII Of Supposed Substitutes for Coal.
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IX Of the Natural law of Social Growth.
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X Of the Growth and Migrations of our Population.
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XI Of the Change and Progress of our Industry.
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XII Of our Consumption of Coal.
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XIII Of the Export and Import of Coal.
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XIV On the Comparative Coal Resources of Different Countries.
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XV Of the Iron Trade.
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XVI The Problem of the Trading Bodies.
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XVII Of Taxes and the National Debt.
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XVIII Concluding Reflections.
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Footnotes
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