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Enclosing Water: Nature and Political Economy in a Mediterranean Valley, 1796–1916
An environmental history of the Industrial Revolution, as inscribed on the Liri valley in Italy’s Central Apennines.
An environmental history of the Industrial Revolution, as inscribed on the Liri valley in Italy’s Central Apennines.
This book presents one of the first comparative histories of rivers on the continents of Europe and North America in the modern age. The contributors examine the impact of rivers on humans and, conversely, the impact of humans on rivers.
This book explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.