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041	0		_aEnglish
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072		7	_aHB _2bicssc
072		7	_aHBTK _2bicssc
100	1		_aJanác, Jíra _4auth
245	1	0	_aEuropean Coasts of Bohemia : Negotiating the Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal in a Troubled Twentieth Century
260			_bAmsterdam University Press _c2012
300			_a1 electronic resource (274 p.)
506	0		_aOpen Access _2star _fUnrestricted online access
520			_aThe 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.
540			_aCreative Commons _fhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ _2cc _4https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
546			_aEnglish
650		7	_aHistory _2bicssc
650		7	_aIndustrialisation & industrial history _2bicssc
653			_ageschiedenis
653			_ahistory
653			_ageography
653			_aand auxiliary disciplines
653			_aComecon
653			_aCzechoslovakia
653			_aDanube
653			_aElbe
653			_aOder
653			_aUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe
653			_aUnited States Department of Energy
653			_aWaterway
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