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Author : Christof Mauch
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822973413
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rivers in History written by Christof Mauch and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2008-07-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, rivers have run a wide course through human temporal and spiritual experience. They have demarcated mythological worlds, framed the cradle of Western civilization, and served as physical and psychological boundaries among nations. Rivers have become a crux of transportation, industry, and commerce. They have been loved as nurturing providers, nationalist symbols, and the source of romantic lore but also loathed as sites of conflict and natural disaster.Rivers in History presents one of the first comparative histories of rivers on the continents of Europe and North America in the modern age. The contributors examine the impact of rivers on humans and, conversely, the impact of humans on rivers. They view this dynamic relationship through political, cultural, industrial, social, and ecological perspectives in national and transnational settings. As integral sources of food and water, local and international transportation, recreation, and aesthetic beauty, rivers have dictated where cities have risen, and in times of flooding, drought, and war, where they've fallen. Modern Western civilizations have sought to control rivers by channeling them for irrigation, raising and lowering them in canal systems, and damming them for power generation. Contributors analyze the regional, national, and international politicization of rivers, the use and treatment of waterways in urban versus rural environments, and the increasing role of international commissions in ecological and commercial legislation for the protection of river resources. Case studies include the Seine in Paris, the Mississippi, the Volga, the Rhine, and the rivers of Pittsburgh. Rivers in History is a broad environmental history of waterways that makes a major contribution to the study, preservation, and continued sustainability of rivers as vital lifelines of Western culture.

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Ohio River Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ohio River Navigation written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Ohio River Division and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the completion of a 9-foot navigational channel on the Ohio River, which was accomplished with the opening of Lock and Dams 52 and 53 in 1929.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riparian Lands of the Mississippi River, Past--present--prospective written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Derek Pratt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472912667
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Waterways Past & Present written by Derek Pratt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestseller in hardback, this beautiful celebration of Britain's rich waterways heritage is now available in paperback and ebook. Through the superb photography of Derek Pratt, this lovely and quirky book looks at 50 transitional years when Britain's inland waterways changed from being a thriving commercial transport system to the much-loved pleasure cruising network it is today. Each double page spread juxtaposes superb atmospheric black and white photos of the locations as they were 50 years ago with vibrant colour photos showing how they look today, with many new photographs and updated captions for this edition. From quintessentially English rivers to London's busy canal network, this wonderful book highlights the architectural legacy and natural beauty that attracts thousands of visitors to go boating or walking along the towpaths.

Author : Bland Simpson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 146962494X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Rivers and Waterway Tales written by Bland Simpson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-07-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bland Simpson regales us with new tales of coastal North Carolina's "water-loving land," revealing how its creeks, streams, and rivers shape the region's geography as well as its culture. Drawing on deep family ties and coastal travels, Simpson and wife and collaborator Ann Cary Simpson tell the stories of those who have lived and worked in this country, chronicling both a distinct environment and a way of life. Whether rhapsodizing about learning to sail on the Pasquotank River or eating oysters on Ocracoke, he introduces readers to the people and communities along the watery web of myriad "little rivers" that define North Carolina's sound country as it meets the Atlantic. With nearly sixty of Ann Simpson's photographs, Little Rivers joins the Simpsons' two previous works, Into the Sound Country and The Inner Islands, in offering a rich narrative and visual document of eastern North Carolina's particular beauty. Urging readers to take note of the poetry in "every rivulet and rill, every creek, crick, branch, run, stream, prong, fork, river, pocosin, swamp, basin, estuary, cove, bay, and sound," the Simpsons show how the coastal plain's river systems are in many ways the region's heart and soul.

Author : David Sedlak
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030017649X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water 4.0 written by David Sedlak and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little-known story of the systems that bring us our drinking water, how they were developed, the problems they are facing, and how they will be reinvented in the near future

Author : Urquhart Atwell Forbes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332894744
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Waterways written by Urquhart Atwell Forbes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Waterways: A History of Inland Navigation Considered as a Branch of Water Conservancy The subject of the following pages is in reality but a portion of a much larger one - Water Conservancy, or the scientific treatment of all the water received in these islands, a comprehensive definition of which will be found at the commencement of Chapter III., and to the various other branches of which - Fishery, Water Supply, and the Prevention of Floods and of River-pollution - allusion will be occasionally necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Aubrey Parkman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.2H/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Waterways of the Atlantic Coast of the United States written by Aubrey Parkman and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael C. Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Navigation in the Ohio River Basin written by Michael C. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Caryn B. Davis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149304642X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Connecticut Waters written by Caryn B. Davis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connecticut Waters is a tribute to Connecticut’s maritime roots both past and present. The book takes readers on a nautical journey exploring the many ways Nutmeggers use our lakes, rivers, sounds and shores for industry, education, and recreation. From boat builders, to antique, power and sailing vessels, to lobster shacks, the oyster and fishing industries, historic ferries, nautical arts, lighthouses and islands, charter boats, maritime festivals and celebrations, and more, this book showcases how these waterways have defined our culture and shaped our heritage as a state.