Rivers, Memory, And Nation-building : A History of the Volga and Mississippi Rivers /

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Rivers figure prominently in a nation's historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sust...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zeisler-Vralsted, Dorothy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2014]
Colección:Environment in History: International Perspectives ; 5
Temas:
Collective memory > Russia > History.
Collective memory > United States > History.
Human ecology > Russia > History.
Human ecology > United States > History.
Nationalism > Russia > History.
Nationalism > United States > History.
Rivers > Social aspects > Russia.
Rivers > Social aspects > United States.
HISTORY / Historical Geography.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 The Early Years
  • Chapter 2 Rivers as Nation-Builders
  • Chapter 3 Rivers and Modernization
  • Chapter 4 Moscow: A Port to Five Seas
  • Chapter 5 Navigating the Mississippi
  • Epilogue
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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