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Bezig met laden... The Conquest of Nature (2006)door David Blackbourn
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. …”Compelling narrative” glowing review in the Economist 18-Feb-2006, much less insightfully, but favourably, reviewed in the New York Review. Neal Ascherson, in a better framed article in the LRB | Vol. 28 No. 7 dated 6 April 2006 calls it a "magnificently compelling, vivid and often pioneering book". Superbly written, this was the best book I read in 2006. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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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 powerful hold on the German imagination. From Frederick the Great of Prussia to Johann Gottfried Tulla, 'the man who tamed the wild Rhine' in the nineteenth century to Otto Intze, 'master dambuilder' of the years around 1900, to the Nazis who set out to colonise 'living space' in the East, this groundbreaking study shows that while mastery over nature delivers undoubted benefits, it has often come at a tremendous cost to both the natural environment and human life. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)627.0943Technology Engineering and allied operations Hydraulic EngineeringLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. W.W. Norton2 edities van dit boek werden gepubliceerd door W.W. Norton. Edities: 0393062120, 0393329992 |