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Nick Corble - James Brindley: The First Canal Builder - 9780752432595 - V9780752432595
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James Brindley: The First Canal Builder

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Description for James Brindley: The First Canal Builder Paperback. James Brindley, the first great canal business, provided the spark that ignited the Industrial Revolution, united the nation and set Britain on course to become the world's first superpower. This book retells Brindley's story, the legacy he left behind and why it is relevant today. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DB; BGH; TNF; WGGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 12. Weight in Grams: 426.

It can be said of few men that without them the course of their nation's 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 world's 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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752432595
SKU
V9780752432595
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5

About Nick Corble
Nick Corble is a freelance author from High Wycombe and is a canal enthusiast. This is his second book.

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