Rivers, Memory, And Nation-building : : A History of the Volga and Mississippi Rivers / / Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted.
Rivers figure prominently in a nation’s historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustainin...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Environment in History: International Perspectives ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Early Years
- Chapter 2 Rivers as Nation-Builders
- Chapter 3 Rivers and Modernization
- Chapter 4 Moscow: A Port to Five Seas
- Chapter 5 Navigating the Mississippi
- Epilogue
- Selected Bibliography
- Index