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urn:uuid:c5668531-5208-4ac3-9b8f-fc7d3727d72e 03 15 9781915249142 00 EB E107 10 10 02 30495105 01 02 New Historical Perspectives 01 01 Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales 1 A01 Andrew McTominey <p>Andrew McTominey is an independent scholar who has previously worked at Leeds Beckett University, the University of Huddersfield, and the University of Leeds. He gained his PhD from Leeds Beckett University in 2019, which looked at the waterworks of the Leeds, and is now working in the heritage sector.</p> 01 eng 12 HBTB 10 HIS054000 23 History ⇒ British and Irish History 23 waterworks 12 HBTP 10 HIS015060 23 reservoirs 12 1DBK 10 HIS015070 23 water industry 10 1.1.2.0.0.0.0 12 3JH 23 water management 12 3JJ 23 rural 23 urban 23 landscapes 23 environment 23 England 23 Wales 23 culture 23 leisure 23 nineteenth century 23 twentieth century 23 historical geography 01 06 03 00 <p><bold>How did reservoirs alter the countryside and city life? The answer is a riveting story of water and identity in modern Britain.</bold></p><p>The building of reservoirs in England and Wales was key to urban growth across the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, with the management of waterworks projects closely tied to the social and economic fortunes of rural areas, as well as the treatment of urban populations. Drawing on methods from environmental history, cultural history and historical geography, this book explores the multiple and long-term impacts of reservoir construction and management in rural England and Wales from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It examines how reservoirs transformed the rural environment, the management of the urban-rural hinterland, the development of cultural landscapes, the expansion of novel leisure activities, and the social impact on local communities.</p><p>Incorporating case studies from Leeds’s Washburn Valley, Liverpool’s Vyrnwy Reservoir and Birmingham’s Elan Reservoir, amongst others, the book’s comparative approach highlights commonalities and differences in waterworks management across the country, thereby transforming our understanding of the national water industry during this period, contemporary attitudes to the environment, and the identities – civic, gender and professional – that were intertwined with these waterscapes.</p> 04 00 <ul> <li>Introduction</li> <li>1 Remaking the countryside: urban engineering and the pursuit of water</li> <li>2 Slips and spillages: reservoirs and the environment</li> <li>3 Seeing the wood for the trees: afforestation and managing water supply</li> <li>4 Romantic waterscapes: the development of cultural landscapes</li> <li>5 All play and no fun: waterworks and the pursuit of leisure</li> <li>6 Urban intrusion: community in the urban/rural hinterland</li> <li>Conclusion</li> </ul> University of London Press 01 University of London Press 04 01 20250828 02 WORLD 06 15 9781915249111 06 15 9781915249104 06 15 9781915249142 WORLD 09 University of London Press 20 01