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A Story of Six Rivers: History, Culture and Ecology

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Many of the world's major cities sprang up on the banks of rivers. Used for water, food, irrigation, transportation and power, rivers sustain life and connect places and countries, but most of us think of them simply as waterways that must be crossed on the way to somewhere else. Relating the biographies of four European and two North American rivers, A Story of Six Rivers considers the place of rivers in our world and emphasizes the inextricable links between their history, culture and ecology. This book gives voice to six bodies of water: the Danube, the second-longest river in Europe; the Spree, which flows through Berlin; the Po, which cuts eastward across northern Italy; the Mersey in northwest England; the Yukon, which runs through Canada and Alaska; and the Los Angeles River in California.
Request Code : ZLIBIO3933015
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Year:
2013
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Reaktion Books, Limited
Language:
English
Pages:
352
ISBN 13:
9781780231068
ISBN:
9781780231440,9781780231068

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