Water: A Turbulent History
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During the Industrial Revolution, the growth of commerce placed intolerable pressures on an inadequate road system. A new means of cheap and rapid transportation was needed, marking the beginning of the great age of canals. In the next great advance - steam trains - water was again to play an essential part. Water has brought disaster and disease, such as the nineteenth century cholera epidemic yet conversely spas and sea-bathing show the health-giving side of water. It is surprising how little attention water receives in historical accounts. Stephen Halliday's new book explores the beneficial and harmful effects of H2O on the course of modern British history, looking at how scientists, inventors, engineers and politicians have attempted to harness the good and confront the bad.
Author: Stephen Halliday
Format: Hardback, 256 pages, 172mm x 244mm
Published: 2004, The History Press Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Environment & Ecology: General Interest
Description
During the Industrial Revolution, the growth of commerce placed intolerable pressures on an inadequate road system. A new means of cheap and rapid transportation was needed, marking the beginning of the great age of canals. In the next great advance - steam trains - water was again to play an essential part. Water has brought disaster and disease, such as the nineteenth century cholera epidemic yet conversely spas and sea-bathing show the health-giving side of water. It is surprising how little attention water receives in historical accounts. Stephen Halliday's new book explores the beneficial and harmful effects of H2O on the course of modern British history, looking at how scientists, inventors, engineers and politicians have attempted to harness the good and confront the bad.
Water: A Turbulent History