The Conquest Of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

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ISBN: 9781448114214
Publisher: Vintage Digital
Published: 1 February, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English
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The modern idea of 'mastery' over nature always had its critics, whether their motives were aesthetic, religious or environmentalist. By investigating how the most fundamental element - water - was 'conquered' by draining fens and marshes, straightening the courses of rivers, building high dams and exploiting hydro-electric power, The Conquest of Nature explores how over the last 250 years, the German people have shaped their natural environment and how the landscapes they created took a powerfu

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