The Coal Question: An Inquiry concerning the Progress of the Nation, and the Probable Exhaustion of our Coal-mines by W. Stanley Jevons

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Chapters

1. PREFACE.4,225 words
2. Chapter I: INTRODUCTION AND OUTLINE.2,665 words
3. Chapter II: OPINIONS OF PREVIOUS WRITERS.4,136 words
4. Chapter III: GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE QUESTION.3,707 words
5. Chapter IV: OF THE COST OF COAL MINING.3,565 words
6. Chapter V: OF THE PRICE OF COAL.1,932 words
7. Chapter VI: OF BRITISH INVENTION.7,073 words
8. Chapter VII: OF THE ECONOMY OF FUEL.3,162 words
9. Chapter VIII: OF SUPPOSED SUBSTITUTES FOR COAL.6,274 words
10. Chapter IX: OF THE NATURAL LAW OF SOCIAL GROWTH.1,945 words
11. Chapter X: OF THE GROWTH AND MIGRATIONS OF OUR POPULATION.4,239 words
12. Chapter XI: OF THE CHANGE AND PROGRESS OF OUR INDUSTRY.3,648 words
13. Chapter XII: OF OUR CONSUMPTION OF COAL.2,634 words
14. Chapter XIII: OF THE EXPORT AND IMPORT OF COAL.6,245 words
15. Chapter XIV: ON THE COMPARATIVE COAL RESOURCES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.3,318 words
16. Chapter XV: OF THE IRON TRADE.6,294 words
17. Chapter XVI: THE PROBLEM OF THE TRADING BODIES.4,562 words
18. Chapter XVII: OF TAXES AND THE NATIONAL DEBT.3,151 words
19. Chapter XVIII: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS.3,575 words
20. About Liberty Fund328 words
21. The Online Library of Liberty235 words
22. Copyright Information531 words

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