The conquest of nature : water, landscape, and the making of modern Germany /
Blackbourn, David,1949-
New York ; London : Norton,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-449) and index.
Introduction: Nature and landscape in German history -- Conquests from barbarism -- The man who tamed the wild Rhine -- Golden Age -- Dam-building and modern times -- Race and reclamation -- Landscape and environment in the postwar Germanys.
Hydraulic engineering