The ideal river : How control of nature shaped the international order /

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Environmental politics has traditionally been a peripheral concern for international relations theory, but increasing alarm over global environmental challenges has elevated international society's relationship with the natural world into the theoretical limelight. IR theory's engagement w...

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Autor principal: Yao, Joanne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Water boundaries.
International relations.
International rivers.
Rivers > Law and legislation.
Frontieres riveraines > Histoire > 19e siecle.
International relations > History > 19th century.
Water boundaries > History > 19th century.
Rivers > Law and legislation > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The ideal river
  • 1 The taming of nature, legitimate authority, and international order
  • 2 Taming the international highway: constructing the Rhine
  • 3 The 1815 Congress of Vienna and the oldest continuous interstate institution
  • 4 Disciplining the connecting river: constructing the Danube
  • 5 The 856 Treaty of Paris and the first international organization
  • 6 Civilizing the imperial river: constructing the Congo
  • 7 The 1884-85 Berlin Conference and the international organization that never was
  • History is a river: the taming of nature into the twenty-first century
  • Conclusion: The strong brown god of the Anthropocene
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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