Eric H. Ash The Draining of the Fens (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

As projectors reconstructed entire river systems, these new, artificial channels profoundly altered both the landscape and the lives of those who lived on it. In this definitive account, historian Eric H. Ash provides a detailed history of this ambitious undertaking.

The Draining of the Fens by Eric H. Ash PAPERBACK 9781421443300

ISBN-13: 9781421443300. How landowners, drainage projectors, and investors worked with the Crown to transform England’s waterlogged Fens. As projectors reconstructed entire river systems, these new, artificial channels profoundly altered both the landscape and the lives of those who lived on it.

DRAINING OF THE FENS by Eric H. Ash Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

How landowners, drainage projectors, and investors worked with the Crown to transform England’s waterlogged Fens. 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic DRAINING OF THE FENS The draining of the Fens in eastern England was one of the largest engineering projects in seventeenth-century Europe. A series of Dutch and English projectors, working over several decades and with the […]

Eric H. Ash The Draining of the Fens (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

In this definitive account, historian Eric H. Ash provides a detailed history of this ambitious undertaking. The book closes in the 1650s, when, in spite of the project’s enormous difficulty and expense, the draining of the Great Level of the Fens was finally completed.

The Draining of the Fens by Eric H. Ash – 9781421443300

ISBN-13: 9781421443300, 978-1421443300. In this definitive account, historian Eric H. Ash provides a detailed history of this ambitious undertaking. The book closes in the 1650s, when, in spite of the project’s enormous difficulty and expense, the draining of the Great Level of the Fens was finally completed.

Eric H. Ash The Draining of the Fens (Paperback)

In this definitive account, historian Eric H. Ash provides a detailed history of this ambitious undertaking. The book closes in the 1650s, when, in spite of the project’s enormous difficulty and expense, the draining of the Great Level of the Fens was finally completed.