Book ID: CBB001023081

Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône (2011)

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Pritchard, Sara B. (Author)


Harvard University Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: 371 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Traces the Rhône's remaking since 1945.


Reviewed By

Review Nicholas J. Rowland; Jan-Hendrik Passoth (2015) Review of "Material Politics: Disputes Along the Pipeline". Social Studies of Science (pp. 137-145). unapi

Review Ford, Caroline (2012) Review of "Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône". Canadian Journal of History (pp. 162-164). unapi

Review Hamblin, Jacob Darwin (2011) Review of "Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 809). unapi

Review Pearson, Chris (2011) Review of "Confluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône". French History (p. 530). unapi

Essay Review Mukerji, Chandra (2012) Analyzing Infrastructure. Technology and Culture (pp. 692-695). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Pritchard, Sara B.
Bianco, Anna Domizia
Richardson, Tanya
John Zerilli
Lascoumes, Pierre
Barthe, Yannick
Concepts
Technology and society
Technology and politics
Technology
Civil engineering
Hydraulic engineering
Water resource management
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
20th century
19th century
17th century
Places
France
United States
Italy
Rhone River (Switzerland and France)
Danube river
Himalayan Mountains (Nepal)
Institutions
Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR)
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