Rivers in history [electronic resource] : perspectives on wate rways in Europe and North America /
Rivers in history perspectives on wate rways in Europe and North America / [electronic resource] :
edited by Christof Mauch and Tho mas Zeller.
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2008.
- viii, 229 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- History of the urban environment .
- History of the urban environment. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-218) and index.
Rivers in history and historiography : an introduction / Christof Ma uch, Thomas Zeller -- "Time is a violent torrent" : constructing and re constructing rivers in modern German history / David Blackbourn -- From Parisian river to national waterway : the social functions of the Sein e, 1750-1850 / Isabelle Backouche -- Pittsburgh's three rivers : from i ndustrial infrastructure to environmental asset / Timothy M. Collins, E dward K. Muller, Joel A. Tarr -- The cultural and hydrological developm ent of the Mississippi and Volga rivers / Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted -- R iver Diking and reclamation in the Alpine Piedmont : the case of the Is ère / Jacky Girel -- Holding the line : pollution, power, and rivers i n Yorkshire and the Ruhr, 1850-1990 / Charles E. Closmann -- Saving the Rhine : water, ecology, and Heimat in post-World War II Germany / Thom as Lekan -- Postwar perceptions of German rivers : a study of the Lech as energy source, nature preserve, and tourist attraction / Ute Hasenö hrl -- Viewing the Gilded Age River : photography and tourism along the Wisconsin Dells / Steven Hoelscher.
Electronic text and image data.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2013.
Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text.
([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Mode of a ccess: Intranet.
Rivers-- Europe.
Rivers-- North America.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-218) and index.
Rivers in history and historiography : an introduction / Christof Ma uch, Thomas Zeller -- "Time is a violent torrent" : constructing and re constructing rivers in modern German history / David Blackbourn -- From Parisian river to national waterway : the social functions of the Sein e, 1750-1850 / Isabelle Backouche -- Pittsburgh's three rivers : from i ndustrial infrastructure to environmental asset / Timothy M. Collins, E dward K. Muller, Joel A. Tarr -- The cultural and hydrological developm ent of the Mississippi and Volga rivers / Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted -- R iver Diking and reclamation in the Alpine Piedmont : the case of the Is ère / Jacky Girel -- Holding the line : pollution, power, and rivers i n Yorkshire and the Ruhr, 1850-1990 / Charles E. Closmann -- Saving the Rhine : water, ecology, and Heimat in post-World War II Germany / Thom as Lekan -- Postwar perceptions of German rivers : a study of the Lech as energy source, nature preserve, and tourist attraction / Ute Hasenö hrl -- Viewing the Gilded Age River : photography and tourism along the Wisconsin Dells / Steven Hoelscher.
Electronic text and image data.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2013.
Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text.
([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Mode of a ccess: Intranet.
Rivers-- Europe.
Rivers-- North America.