Article ID: CBB380100884

Beyond the Organic Machine? New Approaches in River Historiography (October 2018)

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This article considers the growth of river historiography in environmental history and the influence of foundational works, with a particular focus on Richard White’s The Organic Machine. While environmental historians have increasingly rejected oppositional ontologies and engaged hybrid approaches in their studies of rivers, they have also moved beyond White’s specific concerns and developed a range of new substantive areas of focus while exploring alternative conceptualizations of human relations with rivers. Studies of international rivers have followed flows across borders, seeking to understand them both as transnational subjects and as dynamic geopolitical problems. Urban river historians have posed new questions about the co-evolution of cities and rivers and emphasized the importance of rivers in the making of urban space and of cities in the restructuring of watersheds. Future work must continue to develop comparisons and theoretical engagements and address emerging planetary narratives.

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Authors & Contributors
de la Torre, Oscar
Canzian, Dario
Bonan, Giacomo
Raito, Leonardo
Raith, Erich
Jennifer Bonnell
Concepts
Rivers
Environmental history
Environment
Urban history
Water resource management
Natural resource management
Time Periods
19th century
Renaissance
Medieval
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
Places
Italy
United States
Texas (U.S.)
Brazos River (Tex.)
Kansas City, MO
Seoul, Korea
Institutions
Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
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