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Rivers
A Very Short Introduction
Taschenbuch von Nick Middleton
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
This Very Short Introduction is a celebration of rivers in all their diversity. Nick Middleton covers a wide and eclectic range of river-based themes, from physical geography to mythology, to industrial history and literary criticism. Worshipped and revered, respected and feared, rivers reflect both the natural and social history of our planet.
This Very Short Introduction is a celebration of rivers in all their diversity. Nick Middleton covers a wide and eclectic range of river-based themes, from physical geography to mythology, to industrial history and literary criticism. Worshipped and revered, respected and feared, rivers reflect both the natural and social history of our planet.
Über den Autor
Nick Middleton is a geographer, writer, and presenter of television documentaries. He teaches at Oxford University where he is a Fellow of St Anne's College. He has written more than 200 articles and 20 books for a variety of audiences, most on geographical, travel, or environmental themes, including Deserts: A Very Short Introduction (2009). His experience of rivers is wide-ranging. He has floated down the Mekong and water skied on the Congo, bird-watched in the Danube delta and driven the length of the lower Mississippi. His daily relationship with the Thames is close and personal.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: Nature's driver

  • 2: Strong brown gods

  • 3: Liquid histories

  • 4: Roads that move

  • 5: Rearranged rivers

  • Epilogue

  • Further reading

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: Populäre Darstellungen
Genre: Geowissenschaften
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199588671
ISBN-10: 0199588678
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Middleton, Nick
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 173 x 114 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Nick Middleton
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.04.2012
Gewicht: 0,114 kg
Artikel-ID: 106675973
Über den Autor
Nick Middleton is a geographer, writer, and presenter of television documentaries. He teaches at Oxford University where he is a Fellow of St Anne's College. He has written more than 200 articles and 20 books for a variety of audiences, most on geographical, travel, or environmental themes, including Deserts: A Very Short Introduction (2009). His experience of rivers is wide-ranging. He has floated down the Mekong and water skied on the Congo, bird-watched in the Danube delta and driven the length of the lower Mississippi. His daily relationship with the Thames is close and personal.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: Nature's driver

  • 2: Strong brown gods

  • 3: Liquid histories

  • 4: Roads that move

  • 5: Rearranged rivers

  • Epilogue

  • Further reading

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Fachbereich: Populäre Darstellungen
Genre: Geowissenschaften
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199588671
ISBN-10: 0199588678
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Middleton, Nick
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 173 x 114 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Nick Middleton
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.04.2012
Gewicht: 0,114 kg
Artikel-ID: 106675973
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