{"product_id":"seven-rivers-a-journey-through-the-currents-of-human-history-by-vanessa-taylor","title":"Seven Rivers: A Journey Through the Currents of Human History by Vanessa Taylor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magisterial history of the seven rivers representing the great natural arteries running through civilization, by virtue of the roles they have played in our shared and conflicted world history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery river deserves its own history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe seven rivers in this narrative were chosen because they are major rivers that magnify the common qualities of these great natural arteries that run through civilization. The Nile, Danube, Niger, Mississippi, Ganges, Yangtze, and Thames are all \"world rivers\" by virtue of the roles they have each played in our shared and conflicted world history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey have served as the power bases for empires and have been fought over as frontiers. Their river basins--those great systems of tributaries and groundwater all flowing to the main river--have been plundered for their gold, timber, salt, oil, rubber, and their people. Vast networks have been forged between these rivers, such as the deadly \"middle passage\" of the slave trade linking the Congo and Mississippi basins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd rivers themselves have always had their own logic: their natural beauties, their floods, droughts, water-borne diseases, their tendency to silt up and mutate into marshland, their marshy subsidence below the cities of the unwary, their changes of course, tipping points and disappearances.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese rivers have shaped our lives, just as we have shaped theirs. What follows is the story of humanity, in seven rivers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A deeply researched exploration of how seven rivers have shaped human societies around the world. History buffs will have a blast.\"-- \"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This is history at its most scintillating. It's an original, brilliantly-conceived book that will delight and excite.What a magnificent feat of imagination and of research to tell the human story through the beauty of water. These seven currents of time sparkle with erudition. With world rivers in crisis, this book should be essential reading for policy makers.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Crane, award-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Making of the British Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand former president of the Royal Geographical Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVanessa Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a historian of rivers, water, and environmental history at the University of Greenwich in Britain. She has published extensively, written for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBBC History Magazine,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eappeared on Channel 4 TV, and is one of the foremost experts on the history of the river Thames. She was raised in the watersheds of the Mersey, Thames, Los Angeles, and Stour rivers. Vanessa now lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePegasus Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eSeptember 23, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9781639368631\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.6\" H x 9.1\" L x 5.9\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e448 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45532023029946,"sku":"9781639368631","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/81cIeJUSKzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1769014841","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/seven-rivers-a-journey-through-the-currents-of-human-history-by-vanessa-taylor","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}