The Smoke of London: Energy and Environment in the Early Modern City

ISBN-13: 9781107421318 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 294 str.

William M. Cavert

Opis

William M. Cavert investigates the origins of urban air pollution, explaining how this problem arose during the early modern period.

Recenzje

'Until recently, environmental history has remained something of a curiosity in early modern British history. With The Smoke of London, Cavert has done both fields a great service in showing the importance of each to the other. This is a book that should be read by anyone interested in urban, environmental, British, or early modern history.' John Emrys Morgan, Canadian Journal of History

Spis treści

Prologue: the smoke of London; Part I. Transformations: 1. The early modernity of London; 2. Fires: London's turn to coal, 1575–1775; 3. Airs: smoke and pollution, 1600–1775; Part II. Contestations: 4. Royal spaces: palaces and brewhouses, 1575–1640; 5. Nuisance and neighbours; 6. Smoke in the scientific revolution; Part III. Fueling Leviathan: 7. The moral economy of fuel: coal, poverty, and necessity; 8. Fueling improvement: development, navigation, and revenue; 9. Regulations: policing markets and suppliers; 10. Protections: the wartime coal trade; Part IV. Accommodations: 11. Evelyn's place: fumifugium and the royal retreat from urban smoke; 12. Representations: coal smoke as urban life; 13. Movements: avoiding the smoky city; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.