Title: Mediterranean rivers in global perspective /
Authors: Bernhardt, Johannes Christian; Koller, Markus,; Lichtenberger, Achim
Date: 2019
Publisher: Ferdinand Schöningh, Brill Deutschland,
Physical description: vi, 330 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: G
Abstract: "Rivers in the Mediterranean have always been important locations of social formation, since they are resources of water, food and energy as well as natural borders and routes. They are furthermore spaces of interaction between sea, coast and hinterland. Recent debates on globalization and the spatial turn have increased the interest into the study of transnational regions and human-nature relationships. In this context, the Mediterranean is often regarded as a natural given. However, global history has also changed and modified the idea of well-defined areas and cultures. In order to further develop Mediterranean studies the volume provides an interdisciplinary and cross-epochal perspective, focusing on Mediterranean rivers and their people."--
Contents: Mediterranean Rivers in Global Perspective / Johannes C. Bernhardt, Markus Koller, Achim Lichtenberger -- Some Observations on the World of the Mariners of the Rhône (Around 1300-1550) / Jacques Rossiaud -- Rivers of History / Terje Tvedt -- Didactics in Flux from a Mediterranean Perspective.The Nile's Potential for Upper Secondary History Education / Nicola Brauch -- Carian Catchments. Considering the Geographical and Historical Significance of River Valleys / Simon Hoffmann -- "Was man hier nicht sieht, zählt nicht zu dem, was existiert hat oder existiert." Der Tiber auf römischen Karten / Achim Lichtenberger -- 'River-Communities'? The Nile and Its Riparians in Medieval Travel Accounts / Volker Scior -- Inland Waterways as Modern Landscapes in Northeast Italy: Recovering a Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Governance / Francesco Vallerani -- Rivers as Routes of Connectivity? The Case of the Don from the late 7th to the early 3rd century BC / Sabine Huy -- The Zaporozhian Cossacks and the Dnipro River Refugium / Victor Ostapchuk -- The American River? The Mississippi River in Global Historical Perspective / Christopher Morris.
Notes: "This collection of papers is the result of a conference at the Center for Mediterranean Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum that took place March 3rd to 4th 2016."--Preface, p. [vii].
Subject headings (LCSH): Mediterranean Region--Antiquities--Congresses.; Mediterranean Region--History--Congresses.; Rivers--Mediterranean Region--History--Congresses.