Download or read book An Environmental History of Britain since the Industrial Revolution written by B.W. Clapp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present and future state of the environment gives rise to ever increasing concern, but much less is known as yet about the past: the damage that has been done since, and by, the Industrial Revolution; how far our predecessors were aware of it; the steps they took; and the gradual development of a wider concern for the state of the world and our impact on it. This timely and pioneering survey, designed for general readers as well as students and scholars, is a substantial contribution to that understanding.