Draining of the Fens

Name: Draining of the Fens
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ISBN: 9781107402980

ISBN-10: 1107402980

ISBN-13: 9781107402980

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: H. C. Darby

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Book details

List price: $42.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/18/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 362
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.99" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Editor's preface


Preface


Preface to C. U. P. L. E. reprint


List of maps and diagrams


List of plates



The Prelude to the Draining, 1500-1600



The dissolution of the monarchies



Preliminary experiments in draining



The Fen Project, 1600-63



Draining activity before the Civil War



Arguments, replies and disorders



Draining activity after the Civil War



The Consequences of the Draining



Outfall difficulties



The lowering of the surface of the Fens



The windmill



The Eighteenth Century: The Age of the Windmill



The southern Fenland



The northern Fenland



Economic activity



The Nineteenth Century: Triumphs and Difficulties



The tidal rivers and their outfalls



Administrative problems



The steam-engine



Agricultural consequences



Epilogue: Conditions after 1900


Appendices


Sources and bibliography


Index