LEADER 03191oam 2200613I 450 001 9910815579303321 005 20240131142316.0 010 $a1-135-04047-8 010 $a0-203-78407-3 010 $a1-135-04048-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203784075 035 $a(CKB)2670000000353060 035 $a(EBL)1181126 035 $a(OCoLC)841963665 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001056206 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12479519 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001056206 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11020516 035 $a(PQKB)10332879 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1181126 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1181126 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10691718 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL485308 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB131661 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000353060 100 $a20180706e20131990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe coal question $epolitical economy and industrial change from the nineteenth century to the present day /$fBen Fine 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (243 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Revivals 300 $a"First published in 1990 by Routledge"--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-415-83841-X 311 $a0-415-83837-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 cutting 327 $aPart 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; Index 330 $aThe coal industry has always occupied a symbolic place in British economic and political life, inspiring debates and arousing passions throughout the last two centuries. This account of the economics of coal, first published in 1990, is unique in its comprehensive three-part approach. First, Ben Fine charts the ways in which the theoretical understanding of the British coal industry has changed over the past two centuries and discusses the arguments surrounding public ownership versus the privatization of the industry. In the second part, the book presents a critical assessment of the exist 410 0$aRoutledge revivals. 606 $aCoal trade$zGreat Britain$xHistory 615 0$aCoal trade$xHistory. 676 $a338.27240941 700 $aFine$b Ben.$0124578 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815579303321 996 $aThe coal question$93957285 997 $aUNINA