Beschrijving
As World War II came to a close, economic recovery in France hinged on coal. With nearly 90 percent of French energy dependent on coal and imported coal unavailable, France, traditionally the world’s largest importer, was forced to rely on its own troubled coal-mining industry.
The Battle for Coal is the first full study to address the history and politics of coal production in post-World War II France. Holter examines the French coal-mining industry’s role in postwar reconstruction and the state’s intervention into the industry in an effort to promote economic expansion. He traces the complex \
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