附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-265) and index.
Contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: landscape, environment and history -- 2. Soil and water management: principles and purposes -- 3. The drainage of arable land in medieval England -- 4. Post-medieval field drainage -- 5. Arable land drainage in the nineteenth century -- 6. Wetland soils -- 7. Hydrological management in reclaimed wetlands -- 8. Romano-British reclamation of coastal wetlands -- 9. Medieval reclamation of marsh and fen -- 10. Post-medieval drainage of marsh and fen -- 11. Water meadows: their form, operation and plant ecology -- 12. The development of water meadows in the southern countries -- 13. Inappropiate technology? The history of 'floating' in the North and East of England -- 14. Historical changes in the nature conservation interest of the Fens of Cambridgeshire -- 15. Water management systems: drainage and conservation -- References -- Index.
