The Thames embankment : environment, technology, and society in Victorian London /

Any large-scale construction project is a complex of contingencies, pitting the volatility of nature against human ingenuity, and setting the discord of human nature against itself. In The Thames Embankment, Dale H. Porter explores the tangled history of a monumental venture in Victorian London, tel...

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Main Author:	Porter, Dale H
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Akron, OH : University of Akon Press, 1998 Akron, Oh. : University of Akron Press, 1997 Akron, Ohio : [1998], ©1998 Akron, Ohio : c1998 Akron, Ohio : ©1998 Akron, Ohio : [1998]
Series:	Technology and the environment (Akron, Ohio)
Subjects:	1800 - 1899 1800-1899 19th century Embankments > England > London > History Public works > Social aspects > England > London > History > 19th century Sewerage > England > London > History > 19th century Social values > Great Britain > History > 19th century > Sources City Planning > history Embankments History Public works Public works > Social aspects Regulation of rivers and lakes Sewerage Social values Thames River (England) > Regulation > History > 19th century England > London England > Thames River Great Britain Sources

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