| Description |
1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Amsterdam University Press - Technology and European History ; v. 9
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Amsterdam University Press - Technology and European History.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Mittel-Europeanization on waterways -- 3. Canal as artery for Nazi expansion -- 4. Linking the Soviet Volga ; not the Rhine! -- 5. Mastering three seas -- 6. Conclusion. |
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1. Introduction -- Infrastructure Historiography -- Canal as a Laboratory of Europe -- 2. Mittel-Europeanization on Waterways -- On Mittel-Europeanization -- Building Mitteleuropa on Waterways before Versailles -- De-Austrianization: Shaping the Czechoslovak State -- Mittel-Europeanization beyond the State? -- 3. Canal as Artery for Nazi Expansion -- On Nazification -- Constructing the Grossraum -- From Grand Opening to Inauspicious End -- 4. Linking the Soviet Volga; not the Rhine! -- On Sovietization -- Projecting a Soviet Canal -- Sovietization "Beyond the State" -- Final Plan -- 5. Mastering Three Seas -- On Europeanization -- Across the Curtain -- Europeanization of the Canal Design -- Canalizing Europe -- 6. Conclusion. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Canals -- Czech Republic -- Bohemia -- History.
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Canals. |
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Czech Republic -- Bohemia. |
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History. |
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Canals -- Danube River -- History.
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Danube River. |
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Canals -- Oder River -- History.
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Canals -- Elbe River (Czech Republic and Germany) -- History.
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| Indexed Term |
Geschiedenis |
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History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Janáč, Jiři. European coasts of Bohemia. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2012 9789089645012 (OCoLC)824151462 |
| ISBN |
9789048518128 (electronic book) |
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9048518121 (electronic book) |
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1306208297 |
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9781306208291 |
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9789048518135 |
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904851813X |
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9089645012 |
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9789089645012 |
| Standard No. |
10.26530/OAPEN_439096 |
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