The Seaside, Health and the Environment in England and Wales Since 1800 (Modern Economic and Social History)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: October 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781840142655
Subjects: Research; Sociology; History; Environmental aspects; Social Science; Travel - General; Seaside resorts; Reference - Spas; 21st century; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; British & Irish history: from c 1900 -; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; England; History of medicine; Management of land & natural resources; Social history; Wales; c 1800 to c 1900; Bathing beaches; 19th century; 20th century; Great Britain; Health aspects
First sentence: Britain became an island as a result of the rise in sea levels by some 300 feet after the last Ice Age.