A resurgence in canal restoration has seen many English canals reopen in the past three decades, but many are still abandoned, some even vanished under roads, r

The first edition of British Canals was published in 1950 and was much admired as a pioneering work in transport history. Joseph Boughey, with the advice of Cha

The outbreaks and collective violence arising from the tensions existing within society have long been themes in the study of British social history. This book,