03155oam 2200601I 450 991046294530332120200520144314.00-203-78407-31-135-04048-610.4324/9780203784075 (CKB)2670000000353060(EBL)1181126(OCoLC)841963665(SSID)ssj0001056206(PQKBManifestationID)12479519(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001056206(PQKBWorkID)11020516(PQKB)10332879(MiAaPQ)EBC1181126(Au-PeEL)EBL1181126(CaPaEBR)ebr10691718(CaONFJC)MIL485308(EXLCZ)99267000000035306020180706e20131990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe coal question political economy and industrial change from the nineteenth century to the present day /Ben FineAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (243 p.)Routledge Revivals"First published in 1990 by Routledge"--T.p. verso.0-415-83841-X 0-415-83837-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.Cover; The Coal Question; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part one Monopoly and coal; 1 Monopoly capitalism and the coal vend; 2 Cartels and rationalization in the 1930s; Part two Coal royalties; 3 Royalty or rent: what's in a name?; 4 Royalties: from private obstacle to public burden?; Part three Cliometrics and coal; 5 Returning to factor returns: the late nineteenth century coal industry; 6 Returns to scale in the interwar coal industry; 7 The diffusion of mechanical coal cuttingPart four Towards privatization?8 The commanding heights of public corporation economics; 9 Privatization and property rights: from electricity to coal; 10 Coal: the ultimate privatization; Notes; References; IndexThe coal industry has always occupied a symbolic place in British economic and political life, inspiring debates and arousing passions throughout the last two centuries. This account of the economics of coal, first published in 1990, is unique in its comprehensive three-part approach. First, Ben Fine charts the ways in which the theoretical understanding of the British coal industry has changed over the past two centuries and discusses the arguments surrounding public ownership versus the privatization of the industry. In the second part, the book presents a critical assessment of the existRoutledge revivals.Coal tradeGreat BritainHistoryElectronic books.Coal tradeHistory.338.27240941Fine Ben.124578MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462945303321COAL QUESTION449833UNINA