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The Conquest of Nature - Water, Landscape and the Making of Modern Germany (Paperback)
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The Conquest of Nature - Water, Landscape and the Making of Modern Germany (Paperback)
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Majestic and lyrically written, The Conquest of Nature traces the
rise of Germany through the development of water and landscape.
David Blackbourn begins his morality tale in the mid-1700s, with
the epic story of Frederick the Great, who attempted by importing
the great scientific minds of the West and by harnessing the power
of his army to transform the uninhabitable marshlands of his
scattered kingdom into a modern state. Chronicling the great
engineering projects that reshaped the mighty Rhine, the emergence
of an ambitious German navy, and the development of hydroelectric
power to fuel Germany's convulsive industrial growth before World
War I, Blackbourn goes on to show how Nazi racial policies rested
on German ideas of mastery of the natural world. Filled with
striking reproductions of paintings, maps, and photographs, this
grand work of modern history links culture, politics, and the
environment in an exploration of the perils faced by nations that
attempt to conquer nature."
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