Research Catalog

Title

Rivers in history [electronic resource] : perspectives on waterways in Europe and North America / edited by Christof Mauch and Thomas Zeller.

Publication

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2008.

Details

Additional Authors

• Mauch, Christof.
• Zeller, Thomas, 1966-
• American Council of Learned Societies.

Found In

ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org

Description

viii, 229 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Series Statement

History of the urban environment

Uniform Title

• History of the urban environment.
• ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Subject

• Rivers > Europe
• Rivers > North America

Bibliography (note)

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

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic text and image data.

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.

OCLC

(dli)HEB31076

Title

Rivers in history [electronic resource] : perspectives on waterways in Europe and North America / edited by Christof Mauch and Thomas Zeller.

Imprint

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2008.

Series

History of the urban environment

History of the urban environment.

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Bibliography

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

Reproduction

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.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Mauch, Christof.

Zeller, Thomas, 1966-

American Council of Learned Societies.

Found In:

ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/

Other Form:

Original 9780822943457 082294345X 9780822959885 0822959887 (DLC) 2008015489