European coasts of Bohemia: negotiating the Danube-Oder-Elbe canal in a troubled twentieth century

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'...

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Main Author: Janáč, Jiří 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2020
Series:Technology and European history series
9
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048518128
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048518128
https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048518128
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. Jirí 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 Bloc, while still managing to keep the canal project alive
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020)
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (273 Seiten)
ISBN:9789048518128
DOI:10.1017/9789048518128

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