The Draining of the Fens : Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England /

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"This book is a political, social, and environmental history of the many attempts to drain the Fens of eastern England during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, both the early failures and the eventual successes. Fen drainage projects were supposed to transform hundreds of thousands...

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Main Author: Ash, Eric H., 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dränung
Reclamation of land.
Politics and government.
Government, Resistance to.
Ecology.
Drainage.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History.
SCIENCE > History.
Resistance au gouvernement > Angleterre > Histoire.
Developpement politique > Aspect social > Angleterre > Histoire.
Ameliorations foncieres > Angleterre > Fens > Histoire.
Drainage > Angleterre > Fens > Histoire.
Government, Resistance to > England > History.
Political development > Social aspects > England > History.
Reclamation of land > England > Fens, The > History.
Drainage > England > Fens, The > History.
Fens.
Great Britain.
England > The Fens.
England.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1603-1649.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1558-1603.
Fens (Angleterre) > Conditions environnementales.
Fens (Angleterre) > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Fens (Angleterre) > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1603-1649.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1558-1603.
Fens, The (England) > Politics and government.
Fens, The (England) > Environmental conditions.
Fens, The (England) > History > 17th century.
Fens, The (England) > History > 16th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Unrecovered Country : Draining the Land, Building the State
  • Part I. Popular Politics, Crown Authority, and the Rise of the Projector
  • Land and Life in the Pre-Drainage Fens
  • State Building in the Fens, 1570-1607
  • The Crisis of Local Governance, 1609-1616
  • The Struggle to Forge Consensus, 1617-1621
  • Part II. Drainage Projects, Violent Resistance, and State Building
  • Draining the Hatfield Level, 1625-1636
  • The First Great Level Drainage, 1630-1642
  • Riot, Civil War, and Popular Politics in the Hatfield Level, 1640-1656
  • The Second Great Level drainage, 1649-1656
  • Epilogue: The Once and Future Fens : Unintended Consequences in an Artificial Landscape
  • Glossary.

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