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Rivers : a Very Short Introduction by NICK MIDDLETON, Middleton, Nick is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Rivers have acted as cradles for civilization and agents of disaster; a river may be a barrier or a highway, bearing trade and sediment, culture and conflict. This volume is a celebration of rivers in all their diversity. The author, a geographer covers a wide and eclectic range of river-based themes, from physical geography and mythology, to industrial history and literary criticism. Offering a truly global look at rivers including the Amazon, the Ganges, the Danube, and the Mississippi, with examples from all continents, including Egypt, India, and Bangladesh, he considers the role that rivers have played in human history from settlements and trade to warfare, and also looks at the human impact upon rivers by the construction of dams and cutting of channels This Very Short Introduction is a celebration of rivers in all their diversity. Nick Middleton covers a wide and eclectic range of river-based themes, from physical geography to mythology, to industrial history and literary criticism. Worshipped and revered, respected and feared, rivers reflect both the natural and social history of our planet.

Who reads Rivers : a Very Short Introduction?

Author

NICK MIDDLETON, Middleton, Nick

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199588671

Category

science

Subjects

Anthropology, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.81 / 5 (30 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14