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Rivers

A Very Short Introduction

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Published: 4th May 2012
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Rivers have played an extraordinarily important role in creating the world in which we live. They create landscapes and provide water to people, plants and animals, nourishing both town and country. The flow of rivers has enthused poets and painters, explorers and pilgrims. Rivers have acted as cradles for civilization and agents of disaster; a river may be a barrier or a highway, it can bear trade and sediment, culture and conflict. A river may inspire or it may terrify. 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.

This small paperback is a succinct and yet impressively broad and engaging introduction to the subject ... Middleton covers an astonishing amount of ground in five chapters. Martin Smart, Geographical

Introduction 1: Nature's driver 2: Strong brown gods 3: Liquid histories 4: Roads that move 5: Rearranged rivers Epilogue Further reading

ISBN: 9780199588671
ISBN-10: 0199588678
Series: VSI
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 152
Published: 4th May 2012
Dimensions (cm): 17.4 x 11.3  x 0.87
Weight (kg): 0.118