The Draining of the Fens: Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England
(Part of the Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series and Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series)
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:142142200X
ISBN13:9781421422008
Release Date:May 2017
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:416 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"
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