Rivers in history
| Titel: | Rivers in history : perspectives on waterways in Europe and North America / ed. by Christof Mauch ... |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Pittsburgh, Pa. : Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2008 |
| Umfang: | VIII, 229 Seiten : Illustrationen, Karten |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
History of the urban environment |
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| ISBN: | 9780822943457 ; 082294345X ; 9780822959885 ; 0822959887 |
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- List of Illustrations
- p. vii
- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- 1
- Rivers in History and Historiography: An Introduction
- p. 1
- 2
- "Time is a violent torrent": Constructing and Reconstructing Rivers in Modern German History
- p. 11
- 3
- From Parisian River to National Waterway: The Social Functions of the Seine, 1750-1850
- p. 26
- 4
- Pittsburgh's Three Rivers: From Industrial Infrastructure to Environmental Asset
- p. 41
- 5
- The Cultural and Hydrological Development of the Mississippi and Volga Rivers
- p. 63
- 6
- River Diking and Reclamation in the Alpine Piedmont: The Case of the Isere
- p. 78
- 7
- Holding the Line: Pollution, Power, and Rivers in Yorkshire and the Ruhr, 1850-1990
- p. 89
- 8
- Saving the Rhine: Water, Ecology, and Heimat in Post-World War II Germany
- p. 110
- 9
- Postwar Perceptions of German Rivers: A Study of the Lech as Energy Source, Nature Preserve, and Tourist Attraction
- p. 137
- 10
- Viewing the Gilded Age River: Photography and Tourism along the Wisconsin Dells
- p. 149
- Notes
- p. 173
- Contributors
- p. 219
- Index
- p. 223
