Narrow your search

Library

ULB (4)

KU Leuven (2)

KBR (1)

LUCA School of Arts (1)

Odisee (1)

Thomas More Kempen (1)

Thomas More Mechelen (1)

UAntwerpen (1)

UCLouvain (1)

UCLL (1)

More...

Resource type

book (4)


Language

English (3)

French (1)


Year
From To Submit

2015 (2)

2005 (1)

1988 (1)

Listing 1 - 4 of 4
Sort by

Book
Trade and economic contacts between the Volga and Kama rivers region and the Classical world
Authors: ---
ISBN: 9781407313825 1407313827 Year: 2015 Volume: 2727 Publisher: Oxford Archaeopress

Ibn Fadlan's journey to Russia : a tenth-century traveler from Baghad to the Volga River
Authors: ---
ISBN: 1558763651 155876366X Year: 2005 Publisher: Princeton : Markus Wiener Publishers,


Book
Rivers, memory, and nation-building : a history of the Volga and Mississippi rivers
Author:
ISBN: 9781782384311 9781782384328 1782384316 1782384324 Year: 2015 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Berghahn

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Rivers figure prominently in a nation's historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an extensive exchange network, while also sustaining populations through their surrounding wetlands and bottomlands. In modern times, "Mother Volga" and the "Father of Waters" became integral parts of national identity, contributing to a sense of Russian and American exceptionalism. Furthermore, both rivers were drafted into service as the means t

Listing 1 - 4 of 4
Sort by