Rivers: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction is a celebration of rivers in all their diversity. Nick Middleton covers a wide and eclectic range of river-based themes, from physical geography to mythology, to industrial history and literary criticism. Worshipped and revered, respected and feared, rivers reflect both the natural and social history of our planet.

Aceasta foarte scurta introducere este o sarbatoare a raurilor in toata diversitatea lor. Nick Middleton acopera o gama larga si eclectica de teme bazate pe rauri, de la geografie fizica la mitologie, pana la istorie industriala si critica literara.