The Conquest of Nature

The Conquest of Nature Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

A history of Germany from the mid-eighteenth century to the present documents its rise as reflected by the nation's water and landscape developments, covering such topics as Frederick the Great's transformation of previously uninhabitable marshlands, the Rhine engineering projects, and the development of hydroelectric power. Reprint.
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Ashley Morin@ashmm
3 stars
Mar 10, 2022