Wasser: Alltagsbedarf, Ingenieurskunst Und Reprasentation Zwischen Antike Und Neuzeit [German]

by Sitta von Reden

English summary: This volume offers a comparative perspective on the control of water and water supply as political means of stabilizing, legitimizing and representing power. Water is a scarce and at the same time un-substitutable means of life whose successful control can help to demonstrate the success of political regimes. Ancient, Early Modern and modern states did and still do use this opportunity to stabilize their power, while aesthetically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3525317182
• ISBN13: 9783525317181
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.