The Rhine

Originally published in 1983, this volume examines one of the most long-standing major commercial water-arteries of Western and Central Europe: The Rhine.

Auteur

R. E. H. Mellor was Professor of Geography at the University of Aberdeen, U.K.

Contenu

Part 1: Setting the Scene 1. The Physical Geography of the Rhine 2. The Regulation of the Rhine 3. The Rhine in the Network of European Waterways Part 2: The Historical Backcloth 4. The History of the Use of the Rhine - The Early Period 5. Rhine Traffic from the French Revolution to the end of the 1914-1918 War Part 3: The Rhine in the Twentieth Century 6. The Rhine Waterways 1919-1939 7. The Rhine Since 1945 8. The Rhine in the European Waterway Scene of the 1980s.