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Rivers in history, perspectives on waterways in Europe and North America, edited by Christof Mauch and Thomas Zeller

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Rivers in history, perspectives on waterways in Europe and North America, edited by Christof Mauch and Thomas Zeller

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-218) and index

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non fiction

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Rivers in history

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electronic resource

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dictionariesbibliography

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722367427

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edited by Christof Mauch and Thomas Zeller

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Open Access e-BooksHistory of the urban environment

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perspectives on waterways in Europe and North America

Table Of Contents

Rivers in history and historiography : an introduction / Christof Mauch, Thomas Zeller -- "Time is a violent torrent" : constructing and reconstructing rivers in modern German history / David Blackbourn -- From Parisian river to national waterway : the social functions of the Seine, 1750-1850 / Isabelle Backouche -- Pittsburgh's three rivers : from industrial infrastructure to environmental asset / Timothy M. Collins, Edward K. Muller, Joel A. Tarr -- The cultural and hydrological development of the Mississippi and Volga rivers / Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted -- River Diking and reclamation in the Alpine Piedmont : the case of the Isère / Jacky Girel -- Holding the line : pollution, power, and rivers in Yorkshire and the Ruhr, 1850-1990 / Charles E. Closmann -- Saving the Rhine : water, ecology, and Heimat in post-World War II Germany / Thomas Lekan -- Postwar perceptions of German rivers : a study of the Lech as energy source, nature preserve, and tourist attraction / Ute Hasenöhrl -- Viewing the Gilded Age River : photography and tourism along the Wisconsin Dells / Steven Hoelscher

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