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To order this book: If you are in North America please Click Here for US$ pricing and orders through the David Brown Book company in Connecticut. If you are in Britain, Europe or elsewhere please Click Here for GB £ sterling pricing and orders through the Oxbow Books office in Oxford, UK. In this fascinating and innovative look at the underbelly of Victorian London, Paul Dobraszczyk offers a new account of how the city's sanitation was revolutionised in the 1850s and 1860s by means of gigantic new sewers and magnificent pumping stations. He focuses on the question of how these new spaces were understood and represented - by both those who planned and promoted them (reformers and engineers) and also by those whom they impacted, namely London's populace. Richly illustrated with maps, engineering drawings, newspaper engravings, and architectural photographs, this book suggests new ways of understanding London's sewers and makes visible these vital, yet hidden spaces of the city.