LEADER 03268nam 2200745 450 001 9910811199403321 005 20200722214838.0 010 $a1-78238-432-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782384328 035 $a(CKB)3710000000260979 035 $a(EBL)1644352 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001350647 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11877432 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001350647 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11288954 035 $a(PQKB)11590875 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1644352 035 $a(DE-B1597)637429 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782384328 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000260979 100 $a20141028h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRivers, memory, and nation-building $ea history of the Volga and Mississippi rivers /$fDorothy Zeisler-Vralsted 210 1$a[New York, New York] :$cBerghahn Books,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (203 p.) 225 1 $aEnvironment in History: International Perspectives ;$vVolume 5 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-21964-8 311 $a1-78238-431-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Epilogue 330 $aRivers figure prominently in a nation's historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands and bottomlands. In modern times, "Mother Volga" and the "Father of Waters" became integral parts of national identity, contributing to a sense of Russian and American exceptionalism. Furthermore, both rivers were drafted into service as the means t 410 0$aEnvironment in history ;$vVolume 5. 606 $aRivers$xSocial aspects$zRussia 606 $aRivers$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aCollective memory$zRussia$xHistory 606 $aCollective memory$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aNationalism$zRussia$xHistory 606 $aNationalism$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aHuman ecology$zRussia$xHistory 606 $aHuman ecology$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aVolga River (Russia)$xHistory 607 $aMississippi River$xHistory 615 0$aRivers$xSocial aspects 615 0$aRivers$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCollective memory$xHistory. 615 0$aCollective memory$xHistory. 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory. 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory. 615 0$aHuman ecology$xHistory. 615 0$aHuman ecology$xHistory. 676 $a947.4 700 $aZeisler-Vralsted$b Dorothy$01670493 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811199403321 996 $aRivers, memory, and nation-building$94032385 997 $aUNINA