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

Sommario

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Europe's "World River"

Water Sorcery

The Carboniferous Rhine

Sacrificing a River

Biodiversity Lost

A River Restored?

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mark Cioc
• Editore: University Of Washington Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.01.2006
• EAN: 9780295985008
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98500-8
• Pagine: 280
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books; Weyerhaeuser Environmental Boo
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali