Rivers in history : perspectives on waterways in Europe and North America / edited by Christof Mauch and Thomas Zeller.

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2008], ©2008.

viii, 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Rivers in history and historiography : an introduction / Christof Mauch, Thomas Zeller -- "Time is a violent torrent" : constructing and reconstructing rivers in modern German history / David Blackbourn -- From Parisian river to national waterway : the social functions of the Seine, 1750-1850 / Isabelle Backouche -- Pittsburgh's three rivers : from industrial infrastructure to environmental asset / Timothy M. Collins, Edward K. Muller, Joel A. Tarr -- The cultural and hydrological development of the Mississippi and Volga rivers / Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted -- River Diking and reclamation in the Alpine Piedmont : the case of the Isère / Jacky Girel -- Holding the line : pollution, power, and rivers in Yorkshire and the Ruhr, 1850-1990 / Charles E. Closmann -- Saving the Rhine : water, ecology, and Heimat in post-World War II Germany / Thomas Lekan -- Postwar perceptions of German rivers : a study of the Lech as energy source, nature preserve, and tourist attraction / Ute Hasenöhrl -- Viewing the Gilded Age River : photography and tourism along the Wisconsin Dells / Steven Hoelscher.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-218) and index.

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