The river pollution dilemma in Victorian England : nuisance law versus economic efficiency / Leslie Rosenthal, Keele University, UK.

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2014]

xiv, 253 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Introduction: The river pollution dilemma -- Victorian Britain I : public health and local government -- Victorian Britain II : river pollution and sanitary engineering -- Nuisance law and nuisance economics -- Nuisance law nuisance economics -- Birmingham, Adderley and the River Tame -- Delays and contingencies : Leeds and Barnsley -- The threat of sequestration : Leamington Spa and Tunbridge Wells -- Negotiation and settlement : Harrogate and the St. Helens Canal -- The tactic of diversion : Northampton and the Brinsop Hall Coal Company -- Protection by statutory legislation : Wolverhampton -- Conclusions.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.