A History of Water: Water Control and River Biographies vol. 1

Informationen zum Autor Terje Tvedt is Professor and Research Director at the Centre for Development Studies, Faculty of Social Science, University of Bergen. Eva Jakobsson is Senior Research Scientist at Stavanger University College, Norway. Klappentext This volume is the first of three that explore all aspects of water - social, cultural, political, religious, historical, economic and technological - from ancient times to the present day. The contributors examine the changing histories of water as a private or common good; the politics of water at local, urban, national and international level; water in cities; great river plans; dams; river biographies; and images of water in religion, myth, literature and art. Empirical and ethnographic case studies from around the world feature. Vorwort This volume is the first of three that explore all aspects of water - social, cultural, political, religious, historical, economic and technological - from ancient times to the present day. Empirical and ethnographic case studies from around the world feature. Zusammenfassung This volume is the first of three that explore all aspects of water - social, cultural, political, religious, historical, economic and technological - from ancient times to the present day. Empirical and ethnographic case studies from around the world feature.

About the author

Terje Tvedt is Professor of Geography at the University of Bergen and has been Professor of Political Science and of Global History at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published extensively on water-related topics. His books include The River Nile in the Age of the British (2004), A Journey in the Future of Water (2013), and he is the Series Editor of the pioneering History of Water series. He has also made three award-winning TV-documentaries on water: A Journey in the History of Water, The Future of Water and The Nile Quest.

Product details

• Authors: E. Jacobsson, E. Jakobsson, Terje Tvedt
• Assisted by: Eva Jakobsson (Editor), Terje Tvedt (Editor), Terje (University of Bergen Tvedt (Editor), Tvedt Terje (Editor)
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2012
• EAN: 9781850434450
• ISBN: 978-1-85043-445-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 52 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; NATURE / Natural Resources, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Environmental Management, Physical geography & topography, Human Geography, Historical Geography, Physical geography and topography, Development and environmental geography