| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 446 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Technology and change in history,
1385-920X ;
v. 3
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Technology and change in history ; v. 3.
1385-920X
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-435) and index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Chapter One: Waterpower in Medieval Ireland; Chapter Two: Medieval England's Water-Related Technologies; Chapter Three: Hydraulic Engineering in the Netherlands during the Middle Ages; Chapter Four: Water Technology in Medieval Germany; Chapter Five: Medieval Hydraulics in France; Chapter Six: The Technologies of Water in Medieval Italy; Chapter Seven: Hydraulic Systems and Technologies of Islamic Spain: History and Archaeology; Chapter Eight: Medieval Fishing; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
A comprehensive survey of the techniques people used to harness, and defend themselves from, water in Western Christendom from 500-1500, each chapter of this volume sets the technologies of fishing, land drainage, irrigation, flood control, and water supply within a social and cultural context. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hydraulic engineering -- Europe -- History.
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Hydraulic engineering. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Middle Ages.
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Middle Ages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Squatriti, Paolo, 1963-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Working with water in medieval Europe. Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2000 9004106804 (DLC) 00064182 (OCoLC)44869077 |
| ISBN |
1417573422 (electronic book) |
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9781417573424 (electronic book) |
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9789047400110 (electronic book) |
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9047400119 (electronic book) |
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9004106804 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004106802 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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