London - Water and the Making of the Modern City

As people crowded into British cities in the nineteenth century, industrial and biological waste byproducts and then epidemic followed. The solution that prevailed was the idea that British towns must build public water supplies, replacing private companies. But the idea was not an obvious or inevitable one. As Broich demonstrates, the debate over how to supply London with water came to a head when the climate itself forced the endgame near the end of the nineteenth century.

About the author

John Broich is assistant professor of the history of modern Britain and its empire at Case Western Reserve University.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: John Broich
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2013
• EAN: 9780822944270
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4427-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 236 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 465 g
• Series: History of the Urban Environme; History of the Urban Environment; History of the Urban Environment; History of the Urban Environme; Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering