The Book Prize Index

The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany

David Blackbourn

History takes place in space as well as time. This book tells how the German landscape was dramatically reshaped in the 200 years from Frederick the Great to Hitler. The author examines the gains as well as the human and environmental price paid in this book about water and landscape in the German imagination.

HistoryHistory · high confidenceHistory81 signalsLlm Classifier: History -> HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryAward Category: American History -> American HistoryWorld War IIOceans, Rivers & WaterTravel, Exploration & PlaceWar & Military Strategy

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
American Historical Association Book Prizes: George L. Mosse Prize in European Intellectual and Cultural History2007WinnerOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Frederick the Great38%
    • Hitler40%

  2. 02 Central places

    • Germany86%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The German landscape was dramatically reshaped over 200 years, and the book weighs both gains and the human and environmental costs, focusing on water and landscape in German imagination.

    Model confidence 72%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    50 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.