Rivers
A Very Short Introduction

A good introduction to rivers. Middleton took an approach that was unexpected for me - and honestly not what I had hoped for. In college, my ecology course covered a lot about rivers and it was terrifically interesting. They are the veins of the earth and their importance cannot be overstated. I exp......more

I really like the OUP Very Short Introduction series generally, and I thought this would be an intriguing subject to read about. In terms of the series, the information here is as rigorous and interesting, but overall this book is not as successful at conveying that information. The chapters have un......more

Good rundown of our attachment to rivers This book highlighted a lot of cultural benefits that we gain from rivers. It was a good read. The reason for the four stars is that I thought it would contain more scientific knowledge on rivers like was done in other books in this series. Good book neverthel......more

Really good, and it really helped me rethink rivers from so many other angles that I had not yet considered. And I have been thinking about rivers a lot, even before I got into researching watermills for school.......more

As it states, this book is a 'short introduction' to the topic but has a lot of information, including the general history of how major cities around the world have been built on their rivers, some named after the landscape, and modern man made works including dams etc.......more