Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhone by Sara B. Pritchard
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Overview: Because of its location, volume, speed, and propensity for severe flooding, the Rhone, France s most powerful river, has long influenced the economy, politics, and transportation networks of Europe. Humans have tried to control the Rhone for over two thousand years, but large-scale development did not occur until the twentieth century. The Rhone valley has undergone especially dramatic changes since World War II. Hydroelectric plants, nuclear reactors, and industrialized agriculture radically altered the river, as they simultaneously fueled both the physical and symbolic reconstruction of France.
In "Confluence," Sara B. Pritchard traces the Rhone s remaking since 1945. She interweaves this story with an analysis of how state officials, technical elites, and citizens connected the environment and technology to political identities and state-building. In the process, Pritchard illuminates the relationship between nature and nation in France.
Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Science
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Requirements: PDF Reader, 1.4MB
Overview: Because of its location, volume, speed, and propensity for severe flooding, the Rhone, France s most powerful river, has long influenced the economy, politics, and transportation networks of Europe. Humans have tried to control the Rhone for over two thousand years, but large-scale development did not occur until the twentieth century. The Rhone valley has undergone especially dramatic changes since World War II. Hydroelectric plants, nuclear reactors, and industrialized agriculture radically altered the river, as they simultaneously fueled both the physical and symbolic reconstruction of France.
In "Confluence," Sara B. Pritchard traces the Rhone s remaking since 1945. She interweaves this story with an analysis of how state officials, technical elites, and citizens connected the environment and technology to political identities and state-building. In the process, Pritchard illuminates the relationship between nature and nation in France.
Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Science
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