[PDF.00vl] The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

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

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 | #217955 in Books |  David Blackbourn |  2007-08-17 |  2007-08-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.20 x1.30 x6.10l,1.45 | File type: PDF | 480 pages

 | The Conquest of Nature Water Landscape and the Making of Modern Germany

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| David Blackbourn succeeds to bring together cultural and environmental history ...|By Constance de Font-Reaulx|David Blackbourn succeeds to bring together cultural and environmental history. His argument--German's representation of nature mirrored the German state--is not just compelling. Indeed, Blackbourne succeeds with elegance, helped with a series of biographies and case-s|From Publishers Weekly|A modern-day German magically transported back 250 years would barely recognize his own country, says Blackbourn, a professor of history at Harvard. Where today manicured fields, straight canals and windmills dominate, then the landscape w

"Brilliantly conceived....[A] tour de force in historical writing."―Ian Kershaw

Majestic and lyrically written, The Conquest of Nature traces the rise of Germany through the development of water and landscape. David Blackbourn begins his morality tale in the mid-1700s, with the epic story of Frederick the Great, who attempted―by importing the great scientific minds of the West and by harnessing the power of his army―to transform the...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany   |  David Blackbourn. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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