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In A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities: The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century, Chaim Shulman presents an analysis of three projects of urban water supply systems carried out between 1560s–1610s. The technical and economic differences between these projects resulted from external conditions not directly related to the water supply problem. Although the same basic technology was apparently available at the time in all cases, the geographical, engineering, entrepreneurial and cultural nature of each region differed. The inhabitants’ wellbeing improvement achieved varied accordingly. Much broader insights are drawn on the policies of the three monarchies regarding the initiative of and support for grand scale public works in general.
Price: $183.00
Pages: 398
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Technology and Change in History
Publication Date:
16 November 2017
ISBN: 9789004312401
Format: Hardcover
"One of the strengths of Shulman’s study is his meticulous reconstruction of how these engines worked, who funded them, how they functioned over time and their impact, if any, on the development of water-supply technology in general. For this purpose, in an exemplary manner the author combines written, printed, and beautifully reproduced pictorial sources." - Karel Davids, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, in: Technology and Culture, July 2020, Vol. 61, pp. 953-955
"[...] readers may enjoy the technical discussions of these machines’ creation and functioning, the tracing of their intellectual roots, and the financial and political intricacies that both promoted and undermined their accomplishments." - G. Geltner, University of Amsterdam, in: Renaissance Quarterly LXXI I , No. 4: 1471-1472 [DOI: 10.1017/rqx.2019.415]
"[...] readers may enjoy the technical discussions of these machines’ creation and functioning, the tracing of their intellectual roots, and the financial and political intricacies that both promoted and undermined their accomplishments." - G. Geltner, University of Amsterdam, in: Renaissance Quarterly LXXI I , No. 4: 1471-1472 [DOI: 10.1017/rqx.2019.415]
Jaime-Chaim Shulman, Ph.D. (History, 2015), Tel-Aviv University, is a graduate of Harvard Business School and an Electromechanical engineer from Buenos Aires University. As an accomplished businessman and executive, he contributes a fresh approach to the study of urban public works.