London: Water and the Making of the Modern City
(Part of the History of the Urban Environment Series)
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As people crowded into British cities in the nineteenth century, industrial and biological waste byproducts and then epidemic followed them. Britons died by the thousands in recurring plagues. Figures like Edwin Chadwick and John Snow pleaded for measures that could save lives and preserve the social fabric. The solution that prevailed was the novel idea that British towns must build public water supplies, replacing private companies. But the idea...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0822944278
ISBN13:9780822944270
Release Date:April 2013
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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