Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rh?ne (Harvard Historical Studies) by Sara B. Pritchard

by Sara B. Pritchard

Sara B. Pritchard traces the Rhone's remaking since 1945, showing how state officials, technical elites, and citizens connected the environment and technology to political identities and state-building, and demonstrating the importance of environmental management and technological development to the culture and politics of modern France.

Hardcover

First published April 4, 2011

Reviews

[Mitchell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of interesting ideas and ways of approaching envirotechnical development in a major river, but good god this was a dry read even for an academic book. Good for thoughts, not great for reading

[Iris Shu · Rating 2 out of 5]

the introduction is a Beast to read. i don't understand why she did that. chapters 2 and 6 are fine to read but seem incomplete. maybe because i didn't finish the book, but regardless