The Conquest Of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany
Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany
David Blackbourn
ISBN: | 9781448114214 |
Publisher: | Vintage Digital |
Published: | 1 February, 2009 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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The Conquest Of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany
Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany
David Blackbourn
The modern idea of 'mastery' over nature always had its critics, whether their motives were aesthetic, religious or environmentalist. By investigating how the most fundamental element - water - was 'conquered' by draining fens and marshes, straightening the courses of rivers, building high dams and exploiting hydro-electric power, The Conquest of Nature explores how over the last 250 years, the German people have shaped their natural environment and how the landscapes they created took a powerfu
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