Rhine - An Eco-Biography, 18152000

Informationen zum Autor Mark Cioc is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Pax Atomica: The Nuclear Defense Debate in West Germany during the Adenauer Era. Klappentext A new paper edition of the first book to examine the environmental history of the Rhine from its headwaters in the Swiss Alps to its delta in the Netherlands. Zusammenfassung The River Rhine is Europe's important commercial waterway! channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland! France! Germany! and the Netherlands. This study focuses on the river from the moment when the Congress of Vienna established a multinational commission charged with making the river more efficient for purposes of trade and commerce in 1815. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Europe's "World River" Water Sorcery The Carboniferous Rhine Sacrificing a River Biodiversity Lost A River Restored? Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Mark Cioc
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.01.2006
• EAN: 9780295985008
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98500-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)