1st Edition
European Coasts of Bohemia Negotiating the Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal in a Troubled Twentieth Century
By Jirí Janác
Copyright 2013
274 Pages
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Routledge
The Danube–Oder–Elbe Canal attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth century. Its promoters, The Danube–Oder–Elbe Canal, attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth century and defined it as a tool for integrating a divided Europe. Although the canal was situated almost exclusively on Czech territory, it promised to create an integrated waterway system across... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Mittel-Europeanization on Waterways, Chapter 3 Canal as Artery for Nazi Expansion, Chapter 4 Linking the Soviet Volga; not the Rhine! Chapter 5 Mastering Three Seas, Chapter 6 Conclusion, Annex 1 List of Barge Types, Bibliography, List of Abbreviations, Summary.
Biography
Jirí Janác works at the Institute of World History at Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic.
