Thames Embankment: Environment, Technology, and Society in Victorian London

by Dale H. Porter

Book Overview

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, telling with wit and authority the stories of those involved in and affected by this rough-and-tumble process, from mudlarks and wharfingers to prime ministers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884836291
• ISBN13: 9781884836299
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: University of Akron Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"