The Draining of the Fens : Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England.
Ash, Eric H.
The Draining of the Fens : Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (415 pages) - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series . - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Text -- Introduction. The Unrecovered Country: Draining the Land, Building the State -- Part I. Popular Politics, Crown Authority, and the Rise of the Projector -- 1. Land and Life in the Pre-drainage Fens -- 2. State Building in the Fens, 1570-1607 -- 3. The Crisis of Local Governance, 1609-1616 -- 4. The Struggle to Forge Consensus, 1617-1621 -- Part II. Drainage Projects, Violent Resistance, and State Building -- 5. Draining the Hatfield Level, 1625-1636 -- 6. The First Great Level Drainage, 1630-1642 -- 7. Riot, Civil War, and Popular Politics in the Hatfield Level, 1640-1656 -- 8. The Second Great Level Drainage, 1649-1656 -- Epilogue. The Once and Future Fens: Unintended Consequences in an Artificial Landscape -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
This is compelling reading for British historians, environmental scholars, historians of technology, and anyone interested in state formation in early modern Europe.
9781421422015
Fens, The (England)--History--16th century.
Fens, The (England)--History--17th century.
Electronic books.
DA670.F33 A79 2017
942.6
The Draining of the Fens : Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (415 pages) - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series . - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the Text -- Introduction. The Unrecovered Country: Draining the Land, Building the State -- Part I. Popular Politics, Crown Authority, and the Rise of the Projector -- 1. Land and Life in the Pre-drainage Fens -- 2. State Building in the Fens, 1570-1607 -- 3. The Crisis of Local Governance, 1609-1616 -- 4. The Struggle to Forge Consensus, 1617-1621 -- Part II. Drainage Projects, Violent Resistance, and State Building -- 5. Draining the Hatfield Level, 1625-1636 -- 6. The First Great Level Drainage, 1630-1642 -- 7. Riot, Civil War, and Popular Politics in the Hatfield Level, 1640-1656 -- 8. The Second Great Level Drainage, 1649-1656 -- Epilogue. The Once and Future Fens: Unintended Consequences in an Artificial Landscape -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
This is compelling reading for British historians, environmental scholars, historians of technology, and anyone interested in state formation in early modern Europe.
9781421422015
Fens, The (England)--History--16th century.
Fens, The (England)--History--17th century.
Electronic books.
DA670.F33 A79 2017
942.6