how the city of light survived the great flood of 1910 /
Jeffrey H. Jackson.
1st ed.
New York :
Palgrave Macmillian,
2010.
x, 262 pages :
illustrations, map ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Jeffrey H. Jackson captures the drama and ultimate victory of man over nature during Paris's Great Flood of 1910.
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Flood control-- France-- Seine River Valley.
Floods-- France-- Paris.
crue-- Paris (France)-- Seine (France, cours d'eau)-- 1910.
Flood control.
Floods.
Frankrike-- historia-- 1910.
inondation-- Paris (France)-- Seine (France, cours d'eau)-- 1910.