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SUMMARY:Natural gains or capital down the drain? The debate over the drain
 ing of the Haarlemmermeer - Anna-Luna Post (HPS\, University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Silvia M. Marchiori
DESCRIPTION:The seventeenth-century Dutch Republic\, strongly impacted by 
 the 'Little Ice Age'\, saw the rise of large-scale projects designed to im
 prove lands for agriculture and counter the risks of flooding. Though not 
 as heavily debated as similar initiatives in early modern England\, such p
 rojects did give rise to discussions about the proper ways to intervene in
  and exploit nature. In this paper\, Anna-Luna Post will examine the debat
 e over the potential draining of the Haarlemmermeer between two landmeters
 \, Jan Adriaenszoon Leeghwater and Claes Arentsen Coleveldt. She will expl
 ore their published treatises to reveal opposing views on man's relation t
 o nature\, risk and profit\, the public interest\, and the expertise neede
 d to serve it.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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