{"product_id":"the-ideal-river-joanne-yao-9781526178701","title":"The Ideal River: How Control of Nature Shaped the International Order","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe environment has traditionally been a marginal concern in international relations, but the climate crisis has highlighted the importance of the relationship between society and the natural world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In The ideal river, Joanne Yao offers a remarkable account of how nineteenth-century efforts to tame nature shaped our modern international order. Examining historic attempts to establish international commissions on three transboundary rivers - the Rhine, the Danube and the Congo - she reveals how the Enlightenment ambition to master the natural world has informed our geographical imagination of the international. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This idea of domination over nature shaped three concepts central to the emergence of early international order: the territorial sovereign state, imperial hierarchies and international organisations. As The ideal river shows, the relationship between society and nature is at the heart of international politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne Yao\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526178702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526178701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Joanne Yao","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717845840127,"sku":"9781526178701","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a155f66a-39f2-4845-bfb9-ca886a232532.jpg?v=1705689662","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ideal-river-joanne-yao-9781526178701","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}