| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 446 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Technology and change in history, 1385-920X ; v. 3 |
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Technology and change in history ; v. 3. 1385-920X
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| Contents |
Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Chapter One: Waterpower in Medieval Ireland; Chapter Two: Medieval England's Water-Related Technologies; Chapter Three: Hydraulic Engineering in the Netherlands during the Middle Ages; Chapter Four: Water Technology in Medieval Germany; Chapter Five: Medieval Hydraulics in France; Chapter Six: The Technologies of Water in Medieval Italy; Chapter Seven: Hydraulic Systems and Technologies of Islamic Spain: History and Archaeology; Chapter Eight: Medieval Fishing; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
A comprehensive survey of the techniques people used to harness, and defend themselves from, water in Western Christendom from 500-1500, each chapter of this volume sets the technologies of fishing, land drainage, irrigation, flood control, and water supply within a social and cultural context |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-435) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Hydraulic engineering -- Europe -- History
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Middle Ages.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics.
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Hydraulic engineering
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Middle Ages
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Waterkracht.
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Hydraulische techniek.
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Middeleeuwen.
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Squatriti, Paolo, 1963-
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| LC no. |
00064182 |
| ISBN |
1417573422 |
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9781417573424 |
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9789047400110 |
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9047400119 |
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1280463961 |
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9781280463969 |
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9786610463961 |
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6610463964 |
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