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The Draining of the Fens: Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England(Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)

The Draining of the Fens: Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England(Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)


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Table of Contents:
Dedication Table of Contents Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction. The Unrecovered Country: Draining the Land, Building the State Part I: Popular Politics, Crown Authority, and the Rise of the Projector Chapter 1: Land and Life in the Pre-Drainage Fens Chapter 2: State Building in the Fens, 1570-1607 Chapter 3: The Crisis of Local Governance, 1609-1616 Chapter 4: The Struggle to Forge Consensus, 1617-1621 Part II: Drainage Projects, Violent Resistance, and State Building Chapter 5: Draining the Hatfield Level, 1625-1636 Chapter 6: The First Great Level Drainage, 1630-1642 Chapter 7: Riot, Civil War, and Popular Politics in the Hatfield Level, 1640-1656 Chapter 8: The Second Great Level drainage, 1649-1656 Epilogue. The Once and Future Fens: Unintended Consequences in an Artificial Landscape Glossary Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Eric H. Ash is a professor of history at Wayne State University. He is the author of Power, Knowledge, and Expertise in Elizabethan England.

Review :
Stunningly relevant and beautifully written . . . This remarkable book is about nation building, economics, and environmental and social history. It is thoroughly researched, and historian Ash tells his story in a compelling way that is accessible to any reader. Essential. All levels/libraries. —Choice Ash's book is a sound study of the drainage of one part of the southern fens over a period of less than a century that was without doubt the most formative era in its taming. It is well-written, informative, assiduously referenced with copious endnotes, and an excellent testimony to the wealth of documentation that survives in the archives. —Environment and History An excellent contribution to the history of engineering projects, particularly from an environmental and political point of view. —Metascience This comprehensive account is likely to become the standard textbook for the history of the Fens. It is thoroughly researched, drawing on a wide range of printed material in addition to archival sources including court records, petitions, correspondence, and state papers. —Renaissance Quarterly The book is certainly the account for our generation. —American Historical Review Ash's work will long remain an essential account of these important events. —Journal of British Studies Ash supplies a rousing narrative of 'improvement' schemes in the wetlands of eastern England, written in an engaging Whiggish style that imbues the early Stuart dynastic state. —Journal of Modern History


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781421422015
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 416
  • Returnable: 01
  • Sub Title: Projectors, Popular Politics, and State Building in Early Modern England
  • ISBN-10: 1421422018
  • Publisher Date: 24 Jul 2017
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 01
  • Series Title: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology


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