Rivers in history : perspectives on waterways in Europe and North America /

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Imprint:	Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2008.
Description:	viii, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	History of the urban environment History of the urban environment. ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subject:	Rivers -- Europe. Rivers -- North America.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10517798

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Other authors / contributors:	Mauch, Christof. Zeller, Thomas, 1966- American Council of Learned Societies.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-218) and index. 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 access: Intranet.
Other form:	Original 9780822943457 082294345X 9780822959885 0822959887

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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