Mighty Capital Under Threat
«Edited by two heavyweights of environmental history, this fascinating volume brings together work by many distinguished scholars. It details efforts to ameliorate experiences for the inhabitants of London since the late-eighteenth century. We are guided through the cholera years and the Great Stink, and into the twentieth century smog. Unlike the airs, waters and places described, the narrative is clear and refreshing." —Emily Cockayne, University of East Anglia, Norwich
"There is never an inopportune moment to be reminded of the environmental harms associated with urban living. In A Mighty Capital Under Threat, an impressive array of scholars with deep knowledge of London history explore how we can tackle modern issues such as water supply, garbage, pollution, and the very question of ‘urban nature’ itself." —Graham Mooney, Johns Hopkins University, Institute of the History of Medicine
""A Might Capital under Threat is a wonderful achievement. Luckin and Thorsheim have assembled a formidable cast of historians to explore how the nineteenth century's largest city dealt with an array of emergent, self-generated environmental threats--smoke, waste, disease. These marvelous essays make sense of London's magnificently messy material history. A triumph." —Christopher Otter, The Ohio State University»
Demographically, nineteenth-century London, or what Victorians called the “new Rome,” first equaled, then superseded its ancient ancestor. By the mid-eighteenth century, the British capital had already developed into a global city. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780822946106
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«Edited by two heavyweights of environmental history, this fascinating volume brings together work by many distinguished scholars. It details efforts to ameliorate experiences for the inhabitants of London since the late-eighteenth century. We are guided through the cholera years and the Great Stink, and into the twentieth century smog. Unlike the airs, waters and places described, the narrative is clear and refreshing." —Emily Cockayne, University of East Anglia, Norwich
"There is never an inopportune moment to be reminded of the environmental harms associated with urban living. In A Mighty Capital Under Threat, an impressive array of scholars with deep knowledge of London history explore how we can tackle modern issues such as water supply, garbage, pollution, and the very question of ‘urban nature’ itself." —Graham Mooney, Johns Hopkins University, Institute of the History of Medicine
""A Might Capital under Threat is a wonderful achievement. Luckin and Thorsheim have assembled a formidable cast of historians to explore how the nineteenth century's largest city dealt with an array of emergent, self-generated environmental threats--smoke, waste, disease. These marvelous essays make sense of London's magnificently messy material history. A triumph." —Christopher Otter, The Ohio State University»