Abstract

In this study, the effect of coal, which is called "black diamond", in the Industrial Revolution, and its role in the variances it has made in the UK, which has become hegemonic power in the world economy, have been examined. Coal is a very important energy source that nature gives people. Nature must be transformed in order to draw coal. While human being is an active entity in the process of transforming nature, it also transforms itself. In the mutual relationship with human, coal has also become the main energy source of the Industrial Revolution, which will accelerate the transformation of both nature and human. However, new technologies for coal drawing have been developed, innovations have been made in the transportation sector for transportation, and production has started to be stripped from its daily role and made in mass. These developments first appeared in England, which turned low-cost coal into an advantage. While England started the Industrial Revolution using coal, it also experienced economic and political changes from urbanization to labor movements. On the other hand, coal and the innovations around it have helped Britain guide the world economy and politics. As a result, coal, which is a social substance, gave England its leadership role, while playing the intermediary role in creating a world where it is not possible to bring back the past after the Industrial Revolution.