The Thames embankment and the disciplining of nature in modernity

Geographical Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-238

  Oliver, S ^a  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embankment; London; Modernity; Nature; Thames

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENT; RIVER ENGINEERING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND(LONDON); THAMES RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033820866     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2000.tb00022.x     Document Type: Article

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