Confluence : : The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône.
Because of its location, volume, speed, and propensity for severe flooding, the Rhône, France’s most powerful river, has long influenced the economy, politics, and transportation networks of Europe. Humans have tried to control the Rhône for over two thousand years, but large-scale development did n...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2011 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard Historical Studies ;
172 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 5 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 9 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- MAPS AND FIGURES
- PROLOGUE
- INTRODUCTION: NATURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HISTORY
- 1. ENVISIONING A NEW RHÔNE
- 2. IMAGINING THE NATION’S RIVER
- 3. POSTWAR TRANSFORMATIONS
- 4. LOCAL RESPONSES
- 5. RETHINKING THE NATION
- 6. RETHINKING THE RHÔNE
- 7. A NEW MODERN
- CONCLUSION: LEGACIES OF THE RHÔNE
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INDEX