| Lost to the Sea: Britain's Vanished Coastal Communities: Norfolk and Suffolk Contributor(s): Wade, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 147389347X ISBN-13: 9781473893474 Publisher: Pen and Sword History OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.62 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lost to the Sea: Norfolk & Suffolk relates the stories of how the human communities along the coast of these counties maintained their struggle with the sea. From very early Neolithic times, when global changes created the Continental Shelf and raised the cliffs along Britain's eastern shorelines, through Roman and medieval times, the first villages and towns were gradually established, only to be faced with the problem of the sea's incursions onto agricultural land. In the 1950s, Rowland Parker's classic study of Dunwich, a key town of Suffolk engulfed, set the scene for a long-standing interest in how the sea's challenge has been met. There have been successes and failures, and Stephen Wade tells the story of the seaside holiday towns and fishing communities that have had to struggle for survival. In this book, the reader will find stories of the people involved in this titanic effort through the centuries. The narrative moves down the coast from Hunstanton to Southwold, tracing the losses and the gains, not only in measurements of land, but in the tough human experience of that environmental history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wade, Stephen: - Stephen Wade is a biographer and social historian, usually associated with crime and law, but here he turns his attention to a place he has known for forty years, as he has lived and worked in Scunthorpe all that time. His most recent books have been "Going to Extremes", "The Justice Women" and three volumes in the "Your Town in the Great War" series (all Pen & Sword), and: No More Soldiering" (Amberley). |