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

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 at the turn of the twentieth century.

General

Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Nature | History | Society
Release date:	March 2018
First published:	2017
Authors:	Jim Clifford
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-3424-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-7748-3424-2
Barcode:	9780774834247

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