Confluence [electronic resource] : the nature of technology and the remaking of the Rhône / Sara B. Pritchard.
Because of its location, volume, speed, and propensity for severe flooding, the Rhône, France's most powerful river, has long influenced the economy, politics, and transportation networks of Europe. Humans have tried to control the Rhône for over two thousand years, but large-scale development...
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Harvard historical studies ;
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Table of Contents:
- Envisioning a new Rhône
- Imagining the nation's river
- Postwar transformations
- Local responses
- Rethinking the nation
- Rethinking the Rhône
- A new modern
- Conclusion : legacies of the Rhône.