Copyright ©1998-2010 Glenn Fleishman. Send in your comments. Bibliographic information on isbn.nu licensed from Baker & Taylor. Contact them for corrections and licensing, or read more about our data.
The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, And the Making of Modern Germany
Descriptions of each edition are found in brief where available. Click details & prices to get more information on a book or to find the best prices for the title.
Hardcover
from W W Norton & Co Inc (June 1, 2006)
9780393062120 | details & prices | 466 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.75 in. | 1.82 lbs | List price $29.95
About: A history of Germany from the mid-eighteenth century to the present documents its rise as reflected by the nation's water and landscape developments, covering such topics as Frederick the Great's transformation of previously uninhabitable marshlands, the Rhine engineering projects, and the developments of hydroelectric power.
About: A history of Germany from the mid-eighteenth century to the present documents its rise as reflected by the nation's water and landscape developments, covering such topics as Frederick the Great's transformation of previously uninhabitable marshlands, the Rhine engineering projects, and the developments of hydroelectric power.
Ill edition from Vintage Uk (January 19, 2006)
9780224060714 | details & prices | 512 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.75 in. | 2.10 lbs | List price $53.45
About: Explores how the German people have shaped their natural environment and how the landscapes they created took a powerful hold on the German imagination.
About: Explores how the German people have shaped their natural environment and how the landscapes they created took a powerful hold on the German imagination.
Paperback
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (August 1, 2007)
9780393329995 | details & prices | 466 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $17.95
About: A history of Germany from the mid-eighteenth century to the present documents its rise as reflected by the nation's water and landscape developments, covering such topics as Frederick the Great's transformation of previously uninhabitable marshlands, the Rhine engineering projects, and the development of hydroelectric power.
About: A history of Germany from the mid-eighteenth century to the present documents its rise as reflected by the nation's water and landscape developments, covering such topics as Frederick the Great's transformation of previously uninhabitable marshlands, the Rhine engineering projects, and the development of hydroelectric power.