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Hardcover. Condición: New. Mike Leeder explores the ways in which the British Industrial Revolution was rooted in its geology, particularly its Carboniferous and iron deposits. After introducing figures such as James Watt who were instrumental in industrialization, he explains the geological conditions that created the Carboniferous environment and the social and human consequences of the Revolution, including urban growth and climate change, before looking at its legacy across different regions.

Hardcover. Condición: New. From the first evidence of flowing water some four billion years ago, this survey explains the development of the Earth's rivers over time. Illustrated with maps and photographs, it traces their transformation by the break-up of the supercontinent Pangea 200 million years ago and the Ice Ages that followed, their role as the cradle of early civilizations, and the environmental threats they now face from human intervention.