Imperial mud : the fight for the Fens
Boyce, James (Historian)2021
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Between the English Civil Wars and the mid-Victorian period, the proud indigenous population of the Fens of eastern England fought to preserve their homeland against an expanding empire. After centuries of resistance, their culture and community were destroyed, along with their wetland home - England's last lowland wilderness. But this was no simple triumph of technology over nature - it was the consequence of a newly centralised and militarised state, which enriched the few while impoverishing the many. In this colourful and evocative history, James Boyce brings to life not only colonial masters such as Oliver Cromwell and the Dukes of Bedford but also the defiant 'Fennish'.
Main title:
Imperial mud : the fight for the Fens / James Boyce.
Author:
Boyce, James (Historian), author
Imprint:
London : Icon Books, 2021.
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781785787157 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.6
LC class:
DA670.F33
Local class:
942.6
Language:
English
BRN:
2837932