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The Mistral

- A Windswept History of Modern France
Af: Catherine Tatiana Dunlop Engelsk Hardback

The Mistral

- A Windswept History of Modern France
Af: Catherine Tatiana Dunlop Engelsk Hardback
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An in-depth look at the hidden power of the mistral wind and its effect on modern French history. Every year, the chilly mistral wind blows through the Rhône valley of southern France, across the Camargue wetlands, and into the Mediterranean Sea. Most forceful when winter turns to spring, the wind knocks over trees, sweeps trains off their tracks, and destroys crops. Yet the mistral turns the sky clear and blue, as it often appears in depictions of Provence. The legendary wind is central to the area’s regional identity and has inspired artists and writers near and far for centuries. This force of nature is the focus of Catherine Dunlop’s The Mistral, a wonderfully written examination of the power of the mistral wind, and in particular, the ways it challenged central tenets of nineteenth-century European society: order, mastery, and predictability. As Dunlop shows, while the modernizing state sought liberation from environmental realities through scientific advances, land modification, and other technological solutions, the wind blew on, literally crushing attempts at control, and becoming increasingly integral to regional feelings of place and community.  
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An in-depth look at the hidden power of the mistral wind and its effect on modern French history. Every year, the chilly mistral wind blows through the Rhône valley of southern France, across the Camargue wetlands, and into the Mediterranean Sea. Most forceful when winter turns to spring, the wind knocks over trees, sweeps trains off their tracks, and destroys crops. Yet the mistral turns the sky clear and blue, as it often appears in depictions of Provence. The legendary wind is central to the area’s regional identity and has inspired artists and writers near and far for centuries. This force of nature is the focus of Catherine Dunlop’s The Mistral, a wonderfully written examination of the power of the mistral wind, and in particular, the ways it challenged central tenets of nineteenth-century European society: order, mastery, and predictability. As Dunlop shows, while the modernizing state sought liberation from environmental realities through scientific advances, land modification, and other technological solutions, the wind blew on, literally crushing attempts at control, and becoming increasingly integral to regional feelings of place and community.  
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 192
ISBN-13: 9780226827544
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0226827542
Kategori: Europæisk historie
Udg. Dato: 22 okt 2024
Længde: 22mm
Bredde: 162mm
Højde: 236mm
Forlag: The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato: 22 okt 2024
Forfatter(e): Catherine Tatiana Dunlop
Forfatter(e) Catherine Tatiana Dunlop

Kategori Europæisk historie

ISBN-13 9780226827544

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 192

Udgave

Længde 22mm

Bredde 162mm

Højde 236mm

Udg. Dato 22 okt 2024

Oplagsdato 22 okt 2024

Forlag The University of Chicago Press

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