“The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City” with William Cavert
Friday, April 6 from 10-11:30 AM
Nixon Lounge, Hawthorne Longfellow Library (3rd Floor)

A behind the scenes look at Bowdoin’s special collections with William Cavert, assistant professor of history, University of St. Thomas.

By 1600, London was a fossil-fueled city, its high-sulfur coal a basic necessity for the poor and a source of cheap energy for its growing manufacturing sector. In this lecture, drawn from his prize-winning book, historian William Cavert uncovers the origins of urban air pollution, two centuries before the industrial revolution.

Sponsored by the Department of History and Environmental Studies Program