Canals in a Changing Britain - Construction, Culture, and Environment, 1760-1968

This book assesses canals as a major technological system re-shaping Britons' relationship with their landscape and environment between 1760 and 1968, and argues this 200-year arc of historical experience is essential to understanding canals as sites of recreation, leisure, heritage, and experience of the natural environment.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Re-making the Landscape: Canals in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
Chapter 2: An Independent Spirit: Life Afloat in the Nineteenth Century
Chapter 3: An Era of Decline: The Debate Over Canals in the Early Twentieth Century, 1906-1945
Chapter 4: An Independent Spirit Reclaimed?: The Cressy and the Re-imagining of Canals Before 1951
Chapter 5: Revival and Regeneration: Canals and a Transforming Britain, 1951-1968
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Jules P. Gehrke is professor in the Department of History at Saginaw Valley State University.

Summary

This book assesses canals as a major technological system re-shaping Britons’ relationship with their landscape and environment between 1760 and 1968, and argues this 200-year arc of historical experience is essential to understanding canals as sites of recreation, leisure, heritage, and experience of the natural environment.

Product details

• Authors: Jules P. Gehrke
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2024
• EAN: 9781793652331
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-233-1
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Environment and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; European History, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, HISTORY / Europe / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Highway & Traffic, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Highway & traffic engineering, Conservation of the environment, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Highway and traffic engineering