Rivers, memory, and nation-building : a history of the Volga and Mississippi rivers /
"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 als...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
[2015]
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Collection: | Environment in history ;
v. 4. |
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- The early years
- Rivers as nation-builders
- Rivers and modernization
- Moscow : a port to five seas
- Navigating the Mississippi
- Epilogue.