Imperial mud: the fight for the Fens
"An innovative new take on the drainage of the Fens, framed in the language of colonialism, Imperial Mud upends the classical narrative of this being a triumph of technology over nature. The final destruction of England's last lowland wilderness and the dispossession of its custodians was...
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| Summary: | "An innovative new take on the drainage of the Fens, framed in the language of colonialism, Imperial Mud upends the classical narrative of this being a triumph of technology over nature. The final destruction of England's last lowland wilderness and the dispossession of its custodians was not a consequence of progress', but of the growing power of a centralised and militarised state. Imperial Mud reimagines not just the history of the Fens, but the history (and identity) of the English people. And in reimagining the past, it invents a new future."--Amazon.ca |
| Physical Description: | xxiii, 248 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, 3 Karten, Portraits |
| ISBN: | 9781785786501 9781785787157 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS About the author ix List of illustrations xii Maps xiii A note on describing the Fens and the Fennish xvii xxi Foreword Chapter i The Formationof the Fens and the Fennish i Chapter 2 When the SaintsCame Marching In: Early Medieval Fenland 9 Chapter 3 The Medieval Fen Chapter 4 Reformation to Reclamation: 1530—1630 Chapter 5 The Fight for the Great Level 41 Chapter 6 Revolutionary Swamps: CivilWar in the Fen 51 Chapter 7 The Fight for Whittlesey 63 Chapter 8 The Battle of Axholme 73 Chapter 9 Victory in Lincolnshire 91 Chapter 10 The Foundation of Fennish Freedom 103 Chapter Body, Mind and Spirit 115 ii • vii · 17
IMPERIAL MUD Chapter 12 The Triumph of the Imperial State 127 Chapter 13 И? The Vilification of the Land and its People Chapter 14 The End of Whittlesey Mere 157 Chapter 15 An Incomplete Victory: The Enclosed Fens to 1939 163 Chapter 16 Dry For Ever? The Fens in the Post-War World 177 Postscript The Post-Imperial Fen 189 Acknowledgements 197 Notes 203 Index 241
Between the English Civil Wars and the mid-1800s, the indigenous population of the Fens of eastern England fought to preserve their homeland against an expanding empire. Despite centuries of resistance, their culture and community were destroyed by enclosure and the draining of the wetlands - along with England’s last lowland wilderness. In this arresting new history, James Boyce brings to life colonial masters such as Oliver Cromwell and the Dukes of Bedford, and the defiant ‘Fennish’ themselves. We learn of eels so plentiful they became a kind of medieval currency; games of ‘Fen football’ that were often a cover for sabotage of the drainage works; and the final destruction of a bountiful ecosystem. Masterfully argued, Imperial Mud reimagines not just the history of the Fens, but that of the English people.
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CONTENTS About the author ix List of illustrations xii Maps xiii A note on describing the Fens and the Fennish xvii xxi Foreword Chapter i The Formationof the Fens and the Fennish i Chapter 2 When the SaintsCame Marching In: Early Medieval Fenland 9 Chapter 3 The Medieval Fen Chapter 4 Reformation to Reclamation: 1530—1630 Chapter 5 The Fight for the Great Level 41 Chapter 6 Revolutionary Swamps: CivilWar in the Fen 51 Chapter 7 The Fight for Whittlesey 63 Chapter 8 The Battle of Axholme 73 Chapter 9 Victory in Lincolnshire 91 Chapter 10 The Foundation of Fennish Freedom 103 Chapter Body, Mind and Spirit 115 ii • vii · 17
IMPERIAL MUD Chapter 12 The Triumph of the Imperial State 127 Chapter 13 И? The Vilification of the Land and its People Chapter 14 The End of Whittlesey Mere 157 Chapter 15 An Incomplete Victory: The Enclosed Fens to 1939 163 Chapter 16 Dry For Ever? The Fens in the Post-War World 177 Postscript The Post-Imperial Fen 189 Acknowledgements 197 Notes 203 Index 241
Between the English Civil Wars and the mid-1800s, the indigenous population of the Fens of eastern England fought to preserve their homeland against an expanding empire. Despite centuries of resistance, their culture and community were destroyed by enclosure and the draining of the wetlands - along with England’s last lowland wilderness. In this arresting new history, James Boyce brings to life colonial masters such as Oliver Cromwell and the Dukes of Bedford, and the defiant ‘Fennish’ themselves. We learn of eels so plentiful they became a kind of medieval currency; games of ‘Fen football’ that were often a cover for sabotage of the drainage works; and the final destruction of a bountiful ecosystem. Masterfully argued, Imperial Mud reimagines not just the history of the Fens, but that of the English people. |
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