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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828225903321

Titolo

Mediterranean Rivers in Global Perspective / Markus Koller, Achim Lichtenberger, Johannes Bernhardt, Mihran Dabag, Nikolas Jaspert, Achim Lichtenberger, Martin Baumeister

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paderborn, : Brill | Schöningh, 2019

ISBN

3-657-78636-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Mittelmeerstudien ; 19

Disciplina

909.09822

Soggetti

Mittelmeer

Global History

Flüsse

Area Studies

Mediterranean Region History Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Preface / Johannes C. Bernhardt, Markus Koller and Achim Lichtenberger -- Mediterranean Rivers in Global Perspective / Johannes C. Bernhardt, Markus Koller and Achim Lichtenberger -- River Histories -- Some Observations on the World of the Mariners of the Rhône (Around 1300–1550) / Jacques Rossiaud -- Rivers of History / Terje Tvedt -- Didactics in Flux from a Mediterranean Perspective.The Nile’s Potential for Upper Secondary History Education / Nicola Brauch -- Mediterranean Rivers -- Carian Catchments. Considering the Geographical and Historical Significance of River Valleys / Simon Hoffmann -- „Was man hier nicht sieht, zählt nicht zu dem, was existiert hat oder existiert.“ Der Tiber auf römischen Karten / Achim Lichtenberger -- ‘River-Communities’? The Nile and Its Riparians in Medieval Travel Accounts / Volker Scior -- Inland Waterways as Modern Landscapes in Northeast Italy: Recovering a Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Governance / Francesco Vallerani -- Global Perspective -- Rivers as Routes of Connectivity? The Case of the Don from the late 7th to the early 3rd century BC / Sabine Huy -- The Zaporozhian Cossacks and the Dnipro River Refugium / Victor



Ostapchuk -- The American River? The Mississippi River in Global Historical Perspective / Christopher Morris -- Back Matter -- Indices.

Sommario/riassunto

Rivers in the Mediterranean have always been hotspots of social formation. From antiquity to the present, rivers were important sources of fresh water, transport routes and energy suppliers as well as spaces of interaction between sea, coast and hinterland. This volume takes up recent debates on the spatial turn and global history, which have fundamentally changed notions of the Mediterranean as a natural given and of larger areas as well-defined entities. After an introduction to the relevant research contexts, it offers a collection of articles on the conceptualization of river histories, the Mediterranean and its rivers, and river studies from around the globe