TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zeisler-Vralsted,Dorothy
TI  - Rivers, memory, and nation-building: a history of the Volga and Mississippi rivers 
T2  - The environment in history : international perspectives
SN  - 9781782384328
AV  - DK511.V65 Z44 2015
U1  - 947/.4 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Rivers
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Russia
KW  - United States
KW  - Collective memory
KW  - History
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Mémoire collective
KW  - Russie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Nationalisme
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Europe
KW  - Eastern
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Former Soviet Republics
KW  - Russia & the Former Soviet Union
KW  - Historical Geography
KW  - fast
KW  - Volga River (Russia)
KW  - Mississippi River
KW  - Volga (Russie : Fleuve)
KW  - Mississippi (Fleuve)
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Volga River
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The early years -- Rivers as nation-builders -- Rivers and modernization -- Moscow : a port to five seas -- Navigating the Mississippi -- Epilogue
N2  - "Rivers figure prominently in a nation's historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands and bottomlands. In modern times, 'Mother Volga' and the 'Father of Waters' became integral parts of national identity, contributing to a sense of Russian and American exceptionalism. Furthermore, both rivers were drafted into service as the means to modernize the nation-state through hydropower and navigation. Despite being forced into submission for modern-day hydrological regimes, the Volga and Mississippi Rivers persist in the collective memory and continue to offer solace, recreation, and sustenance. Through their histories we derive a more nuanced view of human interaction with the environment, which adds another lens to our understanding of the past"--Provided by publisher
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ER  -