Farming the North Sea coast, 900-2000 : Managing water, reclaiming the land.

Front Cover
Contents
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
Boydell Studies in Rural History