The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

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The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

Written by David Blackbourn
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"Brilliantly conceived....[A] tour de force in historical writing."—Ian KershawDavid Blackbourn tells the story of how the German people transformed their landscape over 250 years from a waterlogged swampland into one of the most powerful countries in the Western world. His account, in which he shows how Germans set out to "conquer" that most fundamental natural element, water, brings together politics, culture, economics, and ecology in a daring work of total history.

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Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Published January 23, 2006
ISBN 1896863
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After spending years working in the corporate world, David Blackbourn finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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