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Rivers in history [electronic resource] : perspectives on wate rways in Europe and North America / edited by Christof Mauch and Tho mas Zeller.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: History of the urban environment | History of the urban environment | ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2008.Description: viii, 229 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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