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· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 과학 > 지구과학 > 지리학
· ISBN : 9781107402980
· 쪽수 : 362쪽
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Editor's preface; Preface; Preface to C. U. P. L. E. reprint; List of maps and diagrams; List of plates; Part I. The Prelude to the Draining, 1500?1600: 1. The dissolution of the monarchies; 2. Preliminary experiments in draining; Part II. The Fen Project, 1600?63: 3. Draining activity before the Civil War; 4. Arguments, replies and disorders; 5. Draining activity after the Civil War; Part III. The Consequences of the Draining: 6. Outfall difficulties; 7. The lowering of the surface of the Fens; 8. The windmill; Part IV. The Eighteenth Century: The Age of the Windmill: 9. The southern Fenland; 10. The northern Fenland; 11. Economic activity; Part V. The Nineteenth Century: Triumphs and Difficulties: 12. The tidal rivers and their outfalls; 13. Administrative problems; 14. The steam-engine; 15. Agricultural consequences; Part VI. Epilogue: Conditions after 1900; Appendices; Sources and bibliography; Index.