History
The City
Sewers, slums and why the countryside emptied
Snow · Bazalgette · Jacobs · 3 chapters · 8 min read
How most people came to live in places that could not feed themselves.
Free to read: every chapter below is open
Building the Modern City
- 01The Sewer as Public HealthOn the largest public health measure ever taken, which was a building project.
- 02The Slum, and What Replaced ItOn housing that was exactly what the market produced, and what replacing it cost.
- 03Why the Countryside EmptiedOn the largest change in how humans live, which has no date attached to it.