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BL
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| Record Number
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983704
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b738074
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| Main Entry
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Jackson, Jeffrey H.,1971-
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| Title & Author
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Paris under water : : how the city of light survived the great flood of 1910 /\ Jeffrey H. Jackson.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillian,, 2010.
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| Page. NO
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x, 262 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0230617069
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: 9780230617063
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The surprising rise of the seine -- The river attacks -- Paris under siege -- Rescuing a drowned city -- Up to the neck -- A city on the brink -- The city of mud and filth -- After the flood -- Making sense of the flood.
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| Abstract
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Jeffrey H. Jackson captures the drama and ultimate victory of man over nature during Paris's Great Flood of 1910.
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| Subject
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Flood control-- France-- Seine River Valley.
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Floods-- France-- Paris.
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crue-- Paris (France)-- Seine (France, cours d'eau)-- 1910.
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Flood control.
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Floods.
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Frankrike-- historia-- 1910.
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inondation-- Paris (France)-- Seine (France, cours d'eau)-- 1910.
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Paris (France), History, 20th century.
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Seine River (France)
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France, Paris.
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France, Seine River Valley.
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France, Seine River.
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| Dewey Classification
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944/.360813
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| LC Classification
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DC761.J33 2010
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| NLM classification
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944.36081322
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