London: Water and the Making of the Modern City

by John Broich

As people crowded into British cities in the nineteenth century, industrial and biological waste byproducts and then epidemic followed them. Britons died by the thousands in recurring plagues. Figures like Edwin Chadwick and John Snow pleaded for measures that could save lives and preserve the social fabric. The solution that prevailed was the novel idea that British towns must build public water supplies, replacing private companies. But the idea...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822944278
• ISBN13: 9780822944270
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"