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The Draining of the Fens

Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England

The Draining of the Fens( )
Author: Ash, Eric H.
Series title:Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4214-2200-8
Publication Date:May 2017
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $124.00
Book Description:

The draining of the Fens in eastern England was one of the largest engineering projects in seventeenth-century Europe. A series of Dutch and English ""projectors,"" working over several decades and with the full support of the Crown, transformed hundreds of thousands of acres of putatively barren wetlands into dry, arable farmland. The drainage ......

Book Details
Pages:416
Detailed Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Hydraulics
Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / World / European
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.494 x 23.495 x 2.794 cm
Book Weight:0.682 Kilograms



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