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The greatest river in the world has a long and fascinating history. Professor Terje Tvedt, one of the world's leading experts on the history of waterways, travels upstream along the river's mouth to its ancient sources. The result is a journey through 5000 years of history and 11 countries, from the Mediterranean to Central Africa. This is the fascinating story of the immense economic, political and mythical significance of the river.

Der Nil gilt als längster Fluss der Erde. 6800 Kilometer windet er sich durch Regenwälder, Sumpfgebiete und Wüsten. An seinen Ufern entstanden frühe Hochkulturen, hier herrschten Pharaonen, Kleopatra und Cäsar, türkische Sultane, Napoleon und später das britische Empire. In der europäischen Kultur- und Religionsgeschichte hat der afrikanische Strom seit der Antike einen festen Platz, seine Erforschung bereitete dem Kolonialismus den Weg. Heute...

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Despite the central importance that water has held for civilizations both ancient and modern, its social significance has made surprisingly little impact on our contemporary understanding of human history and development. Dominant interpretations of the relationship between society and nature have remained wa...

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As global climate change threatens to change radically both the political and physical climate with regard to water issues, so a reassessment of some of the fundamental principles of international water law is emerging. One of the most important principles being reassessed is the sovereign equality of states. This volume brings together more than 30 leading international water and legal specialists to explore the development and changing relat...

Nourished by fears of global warming and climate change, water has become an issue of international concern. In Journey in the Future of Water leading water expert, TerjeTvedt, travels to 25 countries and all continents to find out more about the ways in which different nations are seeking to respond.

The Nile today plays a crucial role in the economics, politics and cultural life of ten countries and their more than 300 million inhabitants. No other international river basin has a longer, more complex and eventful history than the Nile. In telling the detailed story of the hydropolitics of the Nile valley in a period during which the conceptualisation, use and planning of the waters were revolutionised, and many of the most famous politici...

A comprehensive account of how water issues are being tackled around the world from a leading international expert.

The cultural and historical importance of water are just two of the many aspect of water explored in this unique three volume work. Ranging from ancient times to the present day all aspects - social, cultural, political, religious, hisotircal, economic and technological are encompassed.

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This major bibliography presents researchers, consultants, planners, aid organizations and others with the most comprehensive overview of the literature on the southern Sudan. To facilitate ease of use it is organized according to important topics of regional development.

This comprehensive bibliography presents researchers, consultants, planners, aid organizations and others with the most comprehensive overview of the literature on the Sudan. It covers all fields and disciplines and all types of literature. To facilitate ease of use it is organized according to important topics of regional development: agriculture and pastoralism, anthropological & cultural studies, British and European colonialism, Christian ...

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As the world's population continues to grow apace and an increasing number of countries aspire to a twenty-first century lifestyle so the question of access to water resources becomes ever more critical. This timely volume shows how the struggle to control water is an issue of growing geopolitical importance. Drawing on a wealth of examples, and revealing how current problems are not necessarily new as often suggested, the international contri...

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