European Coasts of Bohemia

The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth century. Its promoters, The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal, attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth century and defined it as a tool for integrating a divided Europe. Although the canal was situated...

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description The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth century. Its promoters, The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal, attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth century and defined it as a tool for integrating a divided Europe. Although the canal was situated almost exclusively on Czech territory, it promised to create an integrated waterway system across the Continent that would link Black Sea ports to Atlantic markets. In return, the landlocked Czechoslovakian state would have its own connections to the sea. Today, the canal is an important building block of the European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways. This book explains the crucial role that experts played in aligning national and transnational interests and infrastructure developments. It builds on recent investigations into the hidden integration of Europe as an outcome of transnational networking, system-building, and infrastructure development. The book analyzes the emergence of a transnational waterway expert network that continued to push for the development of the canal despite unfavorable political circumstances. The book shows how the experts adapted themselves to various political developments, such as the break-up of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, the rise of the Third Reich, and integration into the Soviet Bloc, while still managing to keep the Canal project on the map. This book provides a fascinating story of the experts who confronted and contributed to different and often conflicting geopolitical visions of Europe. The canal was never completed, yet what is more remarkable is the fact that the canal remained on various agendas and attracted vast resources throughout the twentieth century.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-331212025-01-22T21:31:19Z European Coasts of Bohemia Janác, Jíra geschiedenis history geography and auxiliary disciplines Comecon Czechoslovakia Danube Elbe Oder United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United States Department of Energy Waterway thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTK Industrialisation and industrial history The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth century. Its promoters, The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal, attracted a great deal of attention throughout the twentieth century and defined it as a tool for integrating a divided Europe. Although the canal was situated almost exclusively on Czech territory, it promised to create an integrated waterway system across the Continent that would link Black Sea ports to Atlantic markets. In return, the landlocked Czechoslovakian state would have its own connections to the sea. Today, the canal is an important building block of the European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways. This book explains the crucial role that experts played in aligning national and transnational interests and infrastructure developments. It builds on recent investigations into the hidden integration of Europe as an outcome of transnational networking, system-building, and infrastructure development. The book analyzes the emergence of a transnational waterway expert network that continued to push for the development of the canal despite unfavorable political circumstances. The book shows how the experts adapted themselves to various political developments, such as the break-up of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, the rise of the Third Reich, and integration into the Soviet Bloc, while still managing to keep the Canal project on the map. This book provides a fascinating story of the experts who confronted and contributed to different and often conflicting geopolitical visions of Europe. The canal was never completed, yet what is more remarkable is the fact that the canal remained on various agendas and attracted vast resources throughout the twentieth century. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2013-12-31 23:55:55 2019-12-10 14:46:32 2020-04-01T15:08:17Z 2012 book 439096 OCN: 834604353 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34271 9789089645012 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33121 eng Technology and European History Series open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34271/1/439096.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34271/1/439096.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34271/1/439096.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34271/1/439096.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34271/1/439096.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/34271/1/439096.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.26530/OAPEN_439096 10.26530/OAPEN_439096 de2ecbe7-1037-4e96-8c3a-5a842d921e04 9789089645012 274 open access
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Elbe
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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United States Department of Energy
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European Coasts of Bohemia
title European Coasts of Bohemia
title_full European Coasts of Bohemia
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title_short European Coasts of Bohemia
title_sort european coasts of bohemia
topic geschiedenis
history
geography
and auxiliary disciplines
Comecon
Czechoslovakia
Danube
Elbe
Oder
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United States Department of Energy
Waterway
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTK Industrialisation and industrial history
topic_facet geschiedenis
history
geography
and auxiliary disciplines
Comecon
Czechoslovakia
Danube
Elbe
Oder
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United States Department of Energy
Waterway
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTK Industrialisation and industrial history
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