Coal mining carries significant impacts for surrounding livelihood practices. Yet, in order to explain how specific impacts become grounded within a particular community, attention must be given to the complex assemblage of socio-political and economic forces operating at the lo…
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This is an interdisciplinary, descriptive, empirical study and analysis of the use of opencast mining in a complex process of commercialisation of the coal industry, its impact upon the environment and communities. Much of the initial research was undertaken during a series of p…
In this study pyrolysis experiments were performed on pulverized samples (200 x 270 mesh) of Montana Rosebud subbituminous coal at a temperature of 1189 K, applied nitrogen pressures of 100 to 900 psig and residence times between 0.1 to 1.7 seconds. The solid products of pyrolys…
The natural beauty and the environment of the Appalachian mountains have been decimated by contemporary methods of coal extraction known as surface mining or mountaintop removal. In order to preserve the natural environment moving forward, architectural integration must raise aw…
This dissertation focuses on Anglo-American labor reforms during the Industrial Revolution. The most common explanations for the changing age profile of the labor force are evaluated. New insight to the political economy of regulation is provided using empirical methods and game…