Engineering the lower Danube : technology and territoriality in an imperial borderland, late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Luminita Gatejel

The Lower Danube-the stretch of Europe's second longest river between the Romanian-Serbian border and the confluence to the Black Sea-was effectively transformed during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In describing this lengthy undertaking, Luminita Gatejel proposes that remaking...

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Place / Publishing House:Budapest : Central European University Press, 2023
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Historical Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (348 Seiten)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction1. Exploring the Danube2. Connecting the Danube with the Sea3. From Confrontation to Cooperation: the Crimean War and Its Aftermath4. The Danube Delta: A Success in International Ruling5. The Iron Gates Torn Between Imperial, International and National InterestsConclusionBibliography