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  • - History's Greatest River
    av Terje Tvedt
    606,-

    "[A] vivid travelogue." New Statesman"Has much to offer." The Spectator"Sparks the imagination." BBC History Magazine "A fascinating study." BBC History Revealed Magazine "Essential reading." All About History"Valiant, valuable and entertaining." Times Literary SupplementThe greatest river in the world has a long and fascinating history. Professor Terje Tvedt, one of the world's leading experts on the history of waterways, travels upstream along the river's mouth to its sources. The result is a travelogue through 5000 years and 11 countries, from the Mediterranean to Central Africa. This is the fascinating story of the immense economic, political and mythical significance of the river. Brimming with accounts of central characters in the struggle for the Nile - from Caesar and Cleopatra, to Churchill and Mussolini, and on to the political leaders of today, The Nile is also the story of water as it nourished a civilization.

  • - Changing Perceptions of Societal and Historical Development
    av Norway) Tvedt & Terje (University of Bergen
    370 - 2 066,-

  • - Water Control and River Biographies
    av Terje Tvedt & E. Jakobsson
    2 080,-

    This volume is the first of three that explore all aspects of water - social, cultural, political, religious, historical, economic and technological - from ancient times to the present day. Empirical and ethnographic case studies from around the world feature.

  • - Conflict and Cooperation Among the Nile Basin Countries
    av Terje Tvedt
    1 536,-

    The Nile Basin is a vast and varied area of 350 million people. Parts of the basin have become the very symbols of African misery, suffering drought, genocide, state failure and aid dependency. This book details the modern development of the Nile Basin and the efforts to manage its waters. It helps you understand the complex history of the basin.

  • - An Annotated Bibliography
    av Terje Tvedt
    2 076,-

    This bibliography provides a comphrehensive survey of the literature relating to the many political, cultural, economic and developmental aspects of the Nile. All disciplines are covered, including geography, history, anthropology and medicine; travel literature and government literature.

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