Navigability and the improvement of the river Thames, 1605-1815

Geographical Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-177

  Oliver, Stuart ^a  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'improvement'; Archives; Locks; Navigability; Thames; Value

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MEDIEVAL; NINETEENTH CENTURY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RIVER ENGINEERING; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY;

ENGLAND; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953763272     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2010.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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