Name: A Story of Six Rivers: History, Culture and Ecology (en Inglés)
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Author: Coates, Peter
ISBN: 9781780231068

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A Story of Six Rivers: History, Culture and Ecology (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Peter Coates

Editorial

Reaktion Books

Año

2013

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

352

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

23.6 x 16.5 x 3.0 cm

Peso

0.88 kg.

ISBN

1780231067

ISBN13

9781780231068

Categorías

Ríos y lagos
La tierra: historia natural general. interés general

A Story of Six Rivers: History, Culture and Ecology (en Inglés)

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Many of the world's major cities sprang up on the banks of rivers. Used for water, food, irrigation, transportation, and power, rivers sustain life and connect the world together, but most of us think of them simply as waterways that must be crossed on the way to another place. Using four European and two North American rivers as examples, A Story of Six Rivers considers the place of rivers in our world and emphasizes the inextricable links between history, culture, and ecology. Peter Coates explores six rivers, chosen as examples of the types of rivers found on the planet: the Danube, the second-longest river in Europe; the Spree, which flows through Berlin; the Po, which cuts eastward across northern Italy; the Mersey in northwest England; the Yukon, which runs through Canada and Alaska; and the Los Angeles in California. Creating a series of river biographies, Coates gives voice to each of these bodies of water, exploring how rivers nurture us, provide cultural and economic opportunities, and pose threats to our everyday lives. He challenges recent narratives that paint rivers as the victims of abuse, pollution, and damage at the hands of humans, focusing on change rather than devastation. Describing how humans and rivers form a symbiotic--and sometimes mutually destructive--relationship, Coates argues that rivers illustrate the limits of human authority and that their capacity to inspire us is as strong as our ability to pollute them. An intimate portrait of the way these bodies of water inform our lives, A Story of Six Rivers will make us reconsider the streams and tributaries we traverse each day.