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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Zeisler-Vralsted, Dorothy
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Berghahn Books, [2015]
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.