Broads

Name: Broads
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ISBN: 9780002201636

ISBN-10: 0002201631

ISBN-13: 9780002201636

Edition: 2001

Authors: Brian Moss

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This book discusses the history of the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk, the waters in the past and the waters now, the people who come into contact with and influence these waterways, and what the future holds for this small but important waterway.

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Publication date: 11/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.60" long
Weight: 2.244

BRIAN MOSS is Professor of Botany at the University of Liverpool. His researches in freshwater biology have been carried out in Europe, Africa and the USA. During 17 years at the University of East Anglia, he modernised understanding of the ecological problems of the Norfolk Broads. Currently he is concerned with the restoration of polluted lakes. Previous books include Ecology of Freshwaters, now in its 3rd edition.



Editors' Preface


Author's Foreword and Acknowledgements



Hunter, Pirate, Marshman, Monk



The Broads, an Overview



Before the Broads



River and Catchment



Pristine Broadland - Floodplain and Estuary



Invasion and Settlement



Cutter, Digger, Toiler, Reeve



Medieval Broadland and Modern Fens



The Origin and Limnology of the Early Broads



Broadland From the Normans to Victoria



Gunner, Yachtsman, Wherryman, Naturalist



The Development of the Grazing Marshes



The Rise of Profits, the Start of Decline?



War and its Consequences



Developments in the Broads and Rivers



Changes in the Reedswamps and Fens



Drainage and Threats to the Grazing Marshes



Officer, Visitor, Minister, Sage



The Natural History of Organisation Man in Broadland



What Can be Done? The Current Condition of the Waters and their Restoration



The Present State and Management of the Fens and Grazing Marshes


Postscript


Bibliography


Index