Bibliograph

Rivers, a very short introduction, Nick Middleton

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Rivers, a very short introduction, Nick Middleton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-121) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rivers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

754720532

Responsibility statement

Nick Middleton

Series statement

Very short introductions, 311

Sub title

a very short introduction

Summary

Rivers have acted as cradles for civilization and agents of disaster; a river may be a barrier or a highway, bearing trade and sediment, culture and conflict. This volume is a celebration of rivers in all their diversity. The author, a geographer covers a wide and eclectic range of river-based themes, from physical geography and mythology, to industrial history and literary criticism. Offering a truly global look at rivers including the Amazon, the Ganges, the Danube, and the Mississippi, with examples from all continents, including Egypt, India, and Bangladesh, he considers the role that rivers have played in human history from settlements and trade to warfare, and also looks at the human impact upon rivers by the construction of dams and cutting of channels

Table Of Contents

Nature's driver -- Sacred flows -- Liquid histories -- Roads that move -- Tamed rivers

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