Ideal River
Ideal River
How Control of Nature Shaped the International Order
Yao, Joanne
Manchester University Press
04/2024
264
Mole
9781526178701
15 a 20 dias
1 The taming of nature, legitimate authority and international order
2 Taming the internal highway: constructing the Rhine
3 The 1815 Congress of Vienna and the oldest continuous interstate institution
4 Disciplining the connecting river: constructing the Danube
5 The 1856 Treaty of Paris and the first international organisation
6 Civilising the imperial river: constructing the Congo
7 The 1885 Berlin Conference and the international organisation that never was
8 History is a river: the taming of nature into the twenty-first century
Conclusion: the strong brown god of the Anthropocene
Index -- .
1 The taming of nature, legitimate authority and international order
2 Taming the internal highway: constructing the Rhine
3 The 1815 Congress of Vienna and the oldest continuous interstate institution
4 Disciplining the connecting river: constructing the Danube
5 The 1856 Treaty of Paris and the first international organisation
6 Civilising the imperial river: constructing the Congo
7 The 1885 Berlin Conference and the international organisation that never was
8 History is a river: the taming of nature into the twenty-first century
Conclusion: the strong brown god of the Anthropocene
Index -- .