Book ID: CBB970353601

West Ham and the River Lea: A Social and Environmental History of London's Industrialized Marshland, 1839-1914 (2017)

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Clifford, Jim (Author)


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Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 248
Language: English

West Ham and the River Lea explores the environmental and social history of London's most populous independent suburb and its second largest river. Jim Clifford maps the migration of industry into West Ham's marshlands and reveals the consequences for the working-class people who lived among the factories. He argues that poverty, pollution, water shortages, and disease stimulated momentum for political transformation, providing an opening for a new urban politics to emerge. This book establishes the importance of the urban environment in the development of social democracy in Greater London.

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Review William M. Cavert (October 2018) Review of "West Ham and the River Lea: A Social and Environmental History of London's Industrialized Marshland, 1839-1914". Environmental History (pp. 892-893). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Michael Swash
Skelton, Leona J.
Raith, Erich
Jennifer Bonnell
Thomas Almeroth-Williams
Vincenzo De Meo
Concepts
Environmental history
Urban history
Rivers
Cities and towns
Geography
Social history
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
20th century
17th century
Renaissance
Places
England
London (England)
United States
Toronto (Ontario)
Italy
Chicago (Illinois, U.S.)
Institutions
Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
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