Farming the North Sea Coast, 900-2000

Farming the North Sea Coast, 900-2000

Managing Water, Reclaiming the Land

Cruyningen, Piet van

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

04/2025

362

Dura

Inglês

9781837652624

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List of Illustrations
Preface
Glossary
Introduction

1. The Great Reclamation: Transformation of the Wetlands, c. 900 - 1300
2. Pioneering in the Wetlands: Water Management and Agriculture, c. 1100 - 1300
3. Sinking Land and Disastrous Floods: Water Management, c. 1300 - 1550
4. Surviving in Times of Adversity: Agriculture in the Late Middle Ages, c. 1300 - 1550
5. The Second Reclamation: Urban Capital in the Countryside, c. 1500 - 1700
6. Risen from the Waves: Agriculture after the Second Reclamation, c. 1550 - 1700
7. State and Steam: Water Management, c. 1700 - 1880
8. The Apogee of Lowland Farming, c. 1700 - 1880
9. Nature Tamed? Water Management, c. 1880-1980
10. The Indian Summer of Lowland Farming, c. 1880-1980

Conclusion
Epilogue: the North Sea Lowlands after 1980
Bibliography
Index
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North Sea Coast; Agricultural History; Environmental History; Coastal Farming; Low-lying Wetlands; Eighteenth Century; Nineteenth Century; Water Management; Drainage Problems; Institutional Rules; Farming Practices; Dykes Canals Sluices