Invasion of the sea / Jules Verne ; translated by Edward Baxter ; edited by Arthur B. Evans ; introd...
Invasion of the sea / Jules Verne ; translated by Edward Baxter ; edited by Arthur B. Evans ; introd...
Invasion of the sea / Jules Verne ; translated by Edward Baxter ; edited by Arthur B. Evans ; introduction and critical material by Arthur B. Evans.
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Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2001.
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N843.8/9
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Language
English
French
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Physical content
xx, 258 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
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Publisher
Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2001.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2001.
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Summary
"Instead of linking two seas, as existing canals (the Suez and the Panama) did, Verne proposed a canal that would create a sea in the heart of the Sahara Desert. The story raises a host of environmental, cultural and political concerns. The proposed sea threatens the nomadic way of life of those Islamic tribes living on the site, and they declare w...
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Invasion of the sea / Jules Verne ; translated by Edward Baxter ; edited by Arthur B. Evans ; introduction and critical material by Arthur B. Evans.
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The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-250).
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Translated from the French.
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c2001.
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N843.8/9
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74Vv4JaW6jXl
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0819565458(pbk.) :
9780819564658 (cloth : alk. paper)
0819564656 (cloth : alk. paper)
081956558X (paper : alk. paper)
9780819565457(pbk.) :
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843.8
MMS ID
991015430919702626
