The ideal river

The ideal river

Joanne Yao

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Manchester University Press (P648)
Año de edición:
2024
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Geopolítica
ISBN:
9781526178701
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The ideal river offers a remarkable account of how historic attempts to establish international commissions on three transboundary rivers in the nineteenth century shaped our modern international order.

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