European coasts of Bohemia : negotiating the Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal in a troubled twentieth century /
The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal promised to create an integrated waterway system across Europe, linking Black Sea ports to Atlantic markets and giving landlocked Czech nation its own connections to the ocean. The fascinating history of this never-completed project, European Coasts of Bohemia tells the st...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
©2012.
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| Series: | Amsterdam University Press - Technology and European History.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal promised to create an integrated waterway system across Europe, linking Black Sea ports to Atlantic markets and giving landlocked Czech nation its own connections to the ocean. The fascinating history of this never-completed project, European Coasts of Bohemia tells the story of the experts who confronted and contributed to different and often conflicting geopolitical visions of Europe. Jíra Janác shows how the canal-backers adapted themselves to various political developments, such as the break-up of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and the integration into the Soviet. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789048518128 9048518121 1306208297 9781306208291 |