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 and natural disaster. "Rivers in History" presents one
of the first comparative histories of rivers on the continents of
Europe and North America in the modern age. The contributors
examine the impact of rivers on humans and, conversely, the impact
of humans on rivers. They view this dynamic relationship through
political, cultural, industrial, social, and ecological
perspectives in national and transnational settings. As integral
sources of food and water, local and international transportation,
recreation, and aesthetic beauty, rivers have dictated where cities
have risen, and in times of flooding, drought, and war, where
they've fallen. Modern Western civilizations have sought to control
rivers by channeling them for irrigation, raising and lowering them
in canal systems, and damming them for power generation.
Contributors analyze the regional, national, and international
politicization of rivers, the use and treatment of waterways in
urban versus rural environments, and the increasing role of
international commissions in ecological and commercial legislation
for the protection of river resources. Case studies include the
Seine in Paris, the Mississippi, the Volga, the Rhine, and the
rivers of Pittsburgh. "Rivers in History "is a broadenvironmental
history of waterways that makes a major contribution to the study,
preservation, and continued sustainability of rivers as vital
lifelines of Western culture.
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