19th Century · English
The Coal Question
The Coal Question, by William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Preface.prose
- 02Chapter I: Introduction and Outline.prose
- 03Chapter II: Opinions of Previous Writers.prose
- 04Chapter III: Geological Aspects of the Question.prose
- 05Chapter IV: Of the Cost of Coal Mining.prose
- 06Chapter V: Of the Price of Coal.prose
- 07Chapter VI: Of British Invention.prose
- 08Chapter VII: Of the Economy of Fuel.prose
- 09Chapter VIII: Of Supposed Substitutes for Coal.prose
- 10Chapter IX: Of the Natural Law of Social Growth.prose
- 11Chapter X: Of the Growth and Migrations of Our Population.prose
- 12Chapter XI: Of the Change and Progress of Our Industry.prose
- 13Chapter XII: Of Our Consumption of Coal.prose
- 14Chapter XIII: Of the Export and Import of Coal.prose
- 15Chapter XIV: On the Comparative Coal Resources of Different Countries.prose
- 16Chapter XV: Of the Iron Trade.prose
- 17Chapter XVI: The Problem of the Trading Bodies.prose
- 18Chapter XVII: Of Taxes and the National Debt.prose
- 19Chapter XVIII: Concluding Reflections.prose