Parched city: a history of London's public and private drinking water

by Jones, Emma M.

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Plunder, pollution, profiteering: A history of London's public and private drinking water.

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Full title :Parched city : a history of London's public and private drinking water / Emma M. Jones.

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Plunder, pollution, profiteering: A history of London's public and private drinking water.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Zero Books
Place of Publication:Winchester, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781780991597, 1780991592
oclc:ocn863305527
LC Classification:TD264.L8
Dewey Decimal:363.6/109421

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Wells, Conduits and Cordial Waters: drinking water sketches A.D. 43-1800; Chapter Two: Private Water and Public Health 1800-1858; Chapter Three: Philanthropic Fountains 1852-1875; Chapter Four: The Birth of Bacteriology and the Death of Corporate Water 1866-1899; Chapter Five: ChloriNation 1905-1933; Chapter Six: Blitz on the Board 1937-1945; Chapter Seven: Purity and Poison 1948-1969; Chapter Eight: Maggie Thatcher, Jane Fonda and the Water Cooler 1973-2000.

Chapter Nine: Wasteland and Council Pop: tracking the anti-bottled water zeitgeist 2010-11Chapter Ten: 21st Century Tap Water 2011-2012; Conclusions and Questions; Notes.

Subjects

drinking water Drinking water -- History Eau -- Approvisionnement -- Angleterre Eau potable -- Histoire England -- London History London (England) -- History Londres (Angleterre) -- Histoire public health Public health -- History Santé publique -- Histoire Water-supply Water-supply -- England