European Coasts of Bohemia: Negotiating the Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal in a Troubled Twentieth Century

Jirí Janác

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2012

European Coasts of Bohemia

Negotiating the Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal in a Troubled Twentieth Century

Jirí Janác

Volume 9 in the series Technology and European History

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048518128

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About this book

The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal promised to create an integrated waterway system across Europe, linking Black Sea ports to Atlantic markets and giving landlocked Czech nation its own connections to the ocean. The fascinating history of this never-completed project, European Coasts of Bohemia tells the story of the experts who confronted and contributed to different and often conflicting geopolitical visions of Europe. Jíra Janác shows how the canal-backers adapted themselves to various political developments, such as the break-up of the Austrian–Hungarian Empire and the integration into the Soviet Bloc, while still managing to keep the canal project alive.

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Jira Janác works at the Institute of World History at Charles University in Prague.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	5
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	7
1. Introduction Open Access Download PDF	9
2. Mittel-Europeanization on Waterways Open Access Download PDF	27
3. Canal as Artery for Nazi Expansion Open Access Download PDF	85
4. Linking the Soviet Volga; not the Rhine! Open Access Download PDF	131
5. Mastering Three Seas Open Access Download PDF	181
6. Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	235
Annex 1 List of Barge Types Open Access Download PDF	245
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	247
List of Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	269
Summary Open Access Download PDF	271

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 274
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- Other: 32 halftones

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Published: July 15, 2013
ISBN: 9789048518128