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Lose yourself in the vast sewer networks that lie beneath the world's great cities - past and present. Let detailed archival plans, maps and photographs guide you through these subterranean labyrinths - previously accessible only to their builders, engineers and, perhaps, the odd rogue explorer. This execrable exploration traces the evolution of waste management from the ingenious infra-structures of the ancient world to the seeping cesspits and festering open sewers of the medieval period. It investigates and celebrates the work of the civil engineers whose pioneering integrated sewer systems brought to a close the devastating cholera epidemics of the mid-19th century and continue to serve a vastly increased population today. And let's not forget those giant fatbergs clogging our underground arteries, or the storm-surge super-structures of tomorrow.
Lose yourself in the vast sewer networks that lie beneath the world's great cities - past and present. Let detailed archival plans, maps and photographs guide you through these subterranean labyrinths - previously accessible only to their builders, engineers and, perhaps, the odd rogue explorer. This execrable exploration traces the evolution of waste management from the ingenious infra-structures of the ancient world to the seeping cesspits and festering open sewers of the medieval period. It investigates and celebrates the work of the civil engineers whose pioneering integrated sewer systems brought to a close the devastating cholera epidemics of the mid-19th century and continue to serve a vastly increased population today. And let's not forget those giant fatbergs clogging our underground arteries, or the storm-surge super-structures of tomorrow.
Über den Autor
Stephen Halliday is a specialist in industrial history and the author of a number of books, including Water: A Turbulent History, Amazing and Extraordinary London Underground Facts and The Great Stink: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis. He regularly lectures at Cambridge University and presented, with Michael Buerk, the TV programme 'What the Victorians Did for Us'.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by Sir Peter Bazalgette . Prelude: Cholera in the City . 1. Pioneers of Plumbing: I. Sanitation in the Ancient World; II. Sewage in the Streets . 2. Subterranean Infrastructures: I. The Cleansing of Paris; II. London & the Great Stink; III. Worldwide Adaptations; IV. Raising Streets . 3. Revolutions of Purity
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
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Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9780500252352 |
ISBN-10: | 0500252351 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Halliday, Stephen |
Hersteller: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
Maße: | 246 x 174 x 32 mm |
Von/Mit: | Stephen Halliday |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.10.2019 |
Gewicht: | 0,942 kg |
Über den Autor
Stephen Halliday is a specialist in industrial history and the author of a number of books, including Water: A Turbulent History, Amazing and Extraordinary London Underground Facts and The Great Stink: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis. He regularly lectures at Cambridge University and presented, with Michael Buerk, the TV programme 'What the Victorians Did for Us'.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by Sir Peter Bazalgette . Prelude: Cholera in the City . 1. Pioneers of Plumbing: I. Sanitation in the Ancient World; II. Sewage in the Streets . 2. Subterranean Infrastructures: I. The Cleansing of Paris; II. London & the Great Stink; III. Worldwide Adaptations; IV. Raising Streets . 3. Revolutions of Purity
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9780500252352 |
ISBN-10: | 0500252351 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Halliday, Stephen |
Hersteller: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
Maße: | 246 x 174 x 32 mm |
Von/Mit: | Stephen Halliday |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.10.2019 |
Gewicht: | 0,942 kg |
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