The conquest of nature : water, landscape, and the making of modern Germany
"David Blackbourn tells the story of how the German people transformed their landscape over 250 years from a waterlogged swampland into one of the most powerful countries in the Western world. His account, in which he shows how Germans set out to "conquer" that most fundamental natura...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York, NY [u.a.] : Norton,
2006
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| Ausgabe: | 1. American ed. |
| Schlagworte: | Hydraulic engineering Deutschland Landschaftsentwicklung Wasserbau Landgewinnung Geschichte 1750-2000 Landschaft Natur Umwelt Geschichte 1740-1990 mehr... |
| Umfang: | XII, 466 S. |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction: Nature and landscape in German history
- Conquests from barbarism
- The man who tamed the wild Rhine
- Golden Age
- Dam-building and modern times
- Race and reclamation
- Landscape and environment in the postwar Germanys.