The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany
The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany
"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.
The architectural brilliance of The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany resides in its meticulously crafted prose. David Blackbourn has delivered a manuscript that transcends its genre, offering a profound reflection on the human condition that lingers long after the final page is turned.
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