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The Draining Of The Fens

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Author : H. C. Darby
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-08-18

The Draining Of The Fens written by H. C. Darby and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-18 with Nature categories.

The text is ambitious in scope, reflecting the author's position as a historical geographer, and covers a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, ranging from geology to socio-economic analysis. Numerous illustrative figures are contained, including maps, diagrams and photographs of the area, and a bibliography is also provided.

The Draining Of The Fens

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Author : Eric H. Ash
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2017-05-29

The Draining Of The Fens written by Eric H. Ash and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-29 with History categories.

"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 of acres of wetlands into dry farmland capable of growing grain and other crops, and also reform the sickly, backward fenland inhabitants into civilized, healthy farmers, to the benefit of the entire commonwealth. Fenlanders, however, viewed the drainage as a grave threat to their local landscape, economy, and way of life. At issue were two different understandings of the Fens, what they were and ought to be; the power to define the Fens in the present was the power to determine their future destiny. The drainage projects, and the many conflicts they incited, illustrate the ways in which politics, economics, and ecological thought intersected at a time when attitudes toward both the natural environment and the commonwealth were shifting. Promoted by the crown, endorsed by agricultural improvement advocates, undertaken by English and Dutch projectors, and opposed by fenland commoners, the drainage of the Fens provides a fascinating locus to study the process of state building in early modern England, and the violent popular resistance it sometimes provoked. In exploring the many challenges the English faced in re-conceiving and re-creating their Fens, this book addresses important themes of environmental, political, economic, social, and technological history, and reveals new dimensions of the evolution of early modern England into a modern, unitary, capitalist state"--

The Draining Of The Fens

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Author : H. C. Darby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956

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The Draining Of The Fens

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language : en
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Release Date : 2021-09-09

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History Of The Drainage Of The Great Level Of The Fens Called Bedford Level

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Author : Samuel A. Wells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1830

History Of The Drainage Of The Great Level Of The Fens Called Bedford Level written by Samuel A. Wells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1830 with categories.

The History Of The Drainage Of The Great Level Of The Fens Called Bedford Level

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Author : Esq. Samuel Wells
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015

The History Of The Drainage Of The Great Level Of The Fens Called Bedford Level written by Esq. Samuel Wells and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Bedford Level (England) categories.

Much of eastern England is below sea level, resulting in wide swathes of marshland that are easily flooded. In the seventeenth century, the Bedford Level Corporation was set up by Francis Russell, fourth earl of Bedford, in order to manage the drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, which became known as the Bedford Level and is the largest region of fenland in eastern England. Between 1828 and 1830, Samuel Wells, the corporation's registrar, published his well-documented history of the Bedford Level and the attempts made at various points to clear it of water using a variety of methods, from earthworks raised by the Romans to the strategies of Sir Cornelius Vermuyden and the eventual introduction of steam-powered technology. Volume 1, published in 1830, contains a historical account of the area and of the commission set up to address the perennial problem of flooding.

The History Of The Drainage Of The Great Level Of The Fens Called Bedford Level With The Constitution And Laws Of The Bedford Level Corporation

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Author : Samuel Wells (Registrar to the Bedford Level Corporation.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1828

The History Of The Drainage Of The Great Level Of The Fens Called Bedford Level With The Constitution And Laws Of The Bedford Level Corporation written by Samuel Wells (Registrar to the Bedford Level Corporation.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1828 with categories.

The Draining Of The Fens

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Author : Eric H. Ash
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2017-05-29

The Draining Of The Fens written by Eric H. Ash and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-29 with Science categories.

How landowners, drainage projectors, and investors worked with the Crown to transform England's waterlogged Fens. 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title 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 project was also supposed to reform the sickly, backward fenlanders into civilized, healthy farmers, to the benefit of the entire commonwealth. As projectors reconstructed entire river systems, these new, artificial channels profoundly altered both the landscape and the lives of those who lived on it. In this definitive account, historian Eric H. Ash provides a detailed history of this ambitious undertaking. Ash traces the endeavor from the 1570s, when draining the whole of the Fens became an imaginable goal for the Crown, through several failed efforts in the early 1600s. The book closes in the 1650s, when, in spite of the project's enormous difficulty and expense, the draining of the Great Level of the Fens was finally completed. Ash ultimately concludes that the transformation of the Fens into fertile farmland had unintended ecological consequences that created at least as many problems as it solved. Drawing on painstaking archival research, Ash explores the drainage from the perspectives of political, social, and environmental history. He argues that the efficient management and exploitation of fenland natural resources in the rising nation-state of early modern England was a crucial problem for the Crown, one that provoked violent confrontations with fenland inhabitants, who viewed the drainage (and accompanying land seizure) as a grave threat to their local landscape, economy, and way of life. The drainage also reveals much about the political flash points that roiled England during the mid–seventeenth century, leading up to the violence of the English Civil War. This is compelling reading for British historians, environmental scholars, historians of technology, and anyone interested in state formation in early modern Europe.

The History Of The Drainage Of The Great Level Of The Fens Called Bedford Level With The Constitution And Laws Of The Bedford Level Corporation 2 Vols And Map

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Author : Samuel Wells (barrister.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1830

The History Of The Drainage Of The Great Level Of The Fens Called Bedford Level With The Constitution And Laws Of The Bedford Level Corporation 2 Vols And Map written by Samuel Wells (barrister.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1830 with categories.

Report Concerning The Drainage Of Wildmore Fen And Of The East And West Fens

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Author : John RENNIE (the Elder.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1800

Report Concerning The Drainage Of Wildmore Fen And Of The East And West Fens written by John RENNIE (the Elder.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1800 with categories.