Rivers in History: Perspectives on Waterways in Europe and North America

Book Overview

Throughout history, rivers have run a wide course through human temporal and spiritual experience. They have demarcated mythological worlds, framed the cradle of Western civilization, and served as physical and psychological boundaries among nations. Rivers have become a crux of transportation, industry, and commerce. They have been loved as nurturing providers, nationalist symbols, and the source of romantic lore but also loathed as sites of conflict...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082294345X
• ISBN13: 9780822943457
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.2"