James Brindley
The First Canal Builder
Sinopsis
It can be said of few men that without them the course of their nations history would have been very different, yet through the force of his ideas and sheer bloody-mindedness, James Brindley, the first great canal builder, provided the spark that ignited the Industrial Revolution, united the nation and set Britain on course to become the worlds first superpower. Born into poverty and barely literate, Brindley had a vision for the country that defied both established society and the natural order, dividing mid-eighteenth-century scientific and political opinion. Crowds flocked to marvel at this new canals and the engineering feats that accompanied them, with Brindleys inventiveness earning him the nickname The Schemer.
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Editorial: The History Press
ISBN: 9780752472249
Idioma: Inglés
Fecha de lanzamiento: 21/10/2011
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