03268nam 2200745 450 991078714270332120200722214838.01-78238-432-410.1515/9781782384328(CKB)3710000000260979(EBL)1644352(SSID)ssj0001350647(PQKBManifestationID)11877432(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001350647(PQKBWorkID)11288954(PQKB)11590875(MiAaPQ)EBC1644352(DE-B1597)637429(DE-B1597)9781782384328(EXLCZ)99371000000026097920141028h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRivers, memory, and nation-building a history of the Volga and Mississippi rivers /Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted[New York, New York] :Berghahn Books,2015.©20151 online resource (203 p.)Environment in History: International Perspectives ;Volume 5Description based upon print version of record.1-322-21964-8 1-78238-431-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Early Years; Chapter 2. Rivers as Nation-Builders; Chapter 3. Rivers and Modernization; Chapter 4. Moscow-A Port to Five Seas; Chapter 5. Navigating the Mississippi; EpilogueRivers figure prominently in a nation's historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands and bottomlands. In modern times, "Mother Volga" and the "Father of Waters" became integral parts of national identity, contributing to a sense of Russian and American exceptionalism. Furthermore, both rivers were drafted into service as the means tEnvironment in history ;Volume 5.RiversSocial aspectsRussiaRiversSocial aspectsUnited StatesCollective memoryRussiaHistoryCollective memoryUnited StatesHistoryNationalismRussiaHistoryNationalismUnited StatesHistoryHuman ecologyRussiaHistoryHuman ecologyUnited StatesHistoryVolga River (Russia)HistoryMississippi RiverHistoryRiversSocial aspectsRiversSocial aspectsCollective memoryHistory.Collective memoryHistory.NationalismHistory.NationalismHistory.Human ecologyHistory.Human ecologyHistory.947.4Zeisler-Vralsted Dorothy1545858MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787142703321Rivers, memory, and nation-building3801008UNINA