{"product_id":"9780571296958","title":"The Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe harshly magnificent landscape of the Elan Valley in Mid Wales was changed utterly in the late 1890s by a reservoir building project initiated by the Corporation of Birmingham in order to supply water to that expanding city. A great feat of civil engineering, the project required the flooding of land by the River Elan and the compensating of local landowners; but also made a tremendous impact on the traditions, rights and privileges of the local commoners, and on a flock system of hill farming that had existed for hundreds of years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Originally published in 1969, \u003ci\u003eThe Valley\u003c\/i\u003e is Elizabeth Clarke's account of hill farming life in the Elan Valley and the massive changes wrought upon it between the first period of reservoir construction and a subsequent project that followed the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103561105648,"sku":"9780571296958","price":16.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571296958_p0.jpg?v=1763719100","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571296958","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}