A fascinating insight into the development of air pollution controls against a changing social and economic background.
List of figures and sources
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
1. History and Early Air Pollution
2. The Rise of Coal
3. Evelyn and his Circle
4. The Effect of Air Pollution in Coal Burning London
5. Smoke Abatement
6. Smoke and the London Fog
7. Monitoring the Changes in Atmospheric Composition
8. The Great Smog and After
Annotated Bibliography
Index
"[...] a lively work of history that has much to say to contemporary cities with smog problems."
- Los Angeles Times Book Review