Flowing Into The Future: The River Thames and 19th Century Britain

Throughout the 19th century, the social, political and technological upheaval that reshaped Britain was mirrored on the River Thames. New docks and bridges redefined life on London's river while the waterway's upper reaches, once the domain of eel trappers and osier gatherers, became a place of rowing regattas and pleasure seekers. In this fully referenced essay-length study, Mick Sinclair reveals how the changing river reflected the changing nation, and how the Thames, like Britain, ended the century in a form starkly different to that in which it had begun it.