Author: Nancy Hood
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445612925
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Oxford Waterways have changed and developed over the last century.
Oxford Waterways Through Time
Author: Nancy Hood
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445612925
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Oxford Waterways have changed and developed over the last century.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445612925
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Oxford Waterways have changed and developed over the last century.
Narrow Boat
Author: L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750960618
Category : Boat living
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take a trip down the waterways of England during their hey-day
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750960618
Category : Boat living
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take a trip down the waterways of England during their hey-day
Fisher Row
Author: Mary Prior
Publisher: Phillimore
ISBN: 9781860776526
Category : Boaters (Persons)
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Occupational communities were a feature of towns in the past, but they have been neglected by urban historians. This book is the study of such a community over a period of four hundred years. Fisher Row in Oxford lies between two streams of the Thames, and its inhabitants have long been connected with boats. There was a huddle of fishermen's houses here in the 16th century, bargemen joined them in the 17th century, and canal boatmen after the opening of the Oxford Canal.This study will appeal to a wide spectrum of social and economic historians and historians of the family as well as to local historians and British historians in general.
Publisher: Phillimore
ISBN: 9781860776526
Category : Boaters (Persons)
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Occupational communities were a feature of towns in the past, but they have been neglected by urban historians. This book is the study of such a community over a period of four hundred years. Fisher Row in Oxford lies between two streams of the Thames, and its inhabitants have long been connected with boats. There was a huddle of fishermen's houses here in the 16th century, bargemen joined them in the 17th century, and canal boatmen after the opening of the Oxford Canal.This study will appeal to a wide spectrum of social and economic historians and historians of the family as well as to local historians and British historians in general.
West Midland Canals Through Time
Author: Ray Shill
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445632101
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which West Midland Canals have changed and developed over the last century.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445632101
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which West Midland Canals have changed and developed over the last century.
The Thames & Severn Canal Through Time
Author: David Viner
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445635518
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Thames & Severn Canal has changed and developed over the last century.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445635518
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Thames & Severn Canal has changed and developed over the last century.
The Story of Our Canals
Author: Carolyn Hutchings
Publisher: Ladybird
ISBN: 9780721404073
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher: Ladybird
ISBN: 9780721404073
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Rivers, Memory, And Nation-building
Author: Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1782384324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Rivers figure prominently in a nation’s historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands and bottomlands. In modern times, “Mother Volga” and the “Father of Waters” became integral parts of national identity, contributing to a sense of Russian and American exceptionalism. Furthermore, both rivers were drafted into service as the means to modernize the nation-state through hydropower and navigation. Despite being forced into submission for modern-day hydrological regimes, the Volga and Mississippi Rivers persist in the collective memory and continue to offer solace, recreation, and sustenance. Through their histories we derive a more nuanced view of human interaction with the environment, which adds another lens to our understanding of the past.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1782384324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Rivers figure prominently in a nation’s historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands and bottomlands. In modern times, “Mother Volga” and the “Father of Waters” became integral parts of national identity, contributing to a sense of Russian and American exceptionalism. Furthermore, both rivers were drafted into service as the means to modernize the nation-state through hydropower and navigation. Despite being forced into submission for modern-day hydrological regimes, the Volga and Mississippi Rivers persist in the collective memory and continue to offer solace, recreation, and sustenance. Through their histories we derive a more nuanced view of human interaction with the environment, which adds another lens to our understanding of the past.
Waterways Past & Present
Author: Derek Pratt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472912659
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A bestseller in hardback, this beautiful celebration of Britain's rich waterways heritage is now available in paperback and ebook. Through the superb photography of Derek Pratt, this lovely and quirky book looks at 50 transitional years when Britain's inland waterways changed from being a thriving commercial transport system to the much-loved pleasure cruising network it is today. Each double page spread juxtaposes superb atmospheric black and white photos of the locations as they were 50 years ago with vibrant colour photos showing how they look today, with many new photographs and updated captions for this edition. From quintessentially English rivers to London's busy canal network, this wonderful book highlights the architectural legacy and natural beauty that attracts thousands of visitors to go boating or walking along the towpaths.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472912659
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A bestseller in hardback, this beautiful celebration of Britain's rich waterways heritage is now available in paperback and ebook. Through the superb photography of Derek Pratt, this lovely and quirky book looks at 50 transitional years when Britain's inland waterways changed from being a thriving commercial transport system to the much-loved pleasure cruising network it is today. Each double page spread juxtaposes superb atmospheric black and white photos of the locations as they were 50 years ago with vibrant colour photos showing how they look today, with many new photographs and updated captions for this edition. From quintessentially English rivers to London's busy canal network, this wonderful book highlights the architectural legacy and natural beauty that attracts thousands of visitors to go boating or walking along the towpaths.
The Oxford Companion to British Railway History from 1603 to the 1990s
Author: Jack Simmons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in detail the privatizations of the late 1990s. Over six hundred entries by eighty-eight expert contributors provide a comprehensive and unique reference to all aspects of railways.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in detail the privatizations of the late 1990s. Over six hundred entries by eighty-eight expert contributors provide a comprehensive and unique reference to all aspects of railways.
Alice in Waterland
Author: Mark Davies
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908493699
Category : Thames River (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This title takes the reader on a literary journey of discovery along almost 10 miles of the Thames near Oxford, in the company of the 'merry crew' of Lewis Carroll, Alice, and her sisters on the scenic and lively river of which they were all so fond.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908493699
Category : Thames River (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This title takes the reader on a literary journey of discovery along almost 10 miles of the Thames near Oxford, in the company of the 'merry crew' of Lewis Carroll, Alice, and her sisters on the scenic and lively river of which they were all so fond.