![]() The sweeping scope of the work is organized in broad themes that intertwine the river's and the country's histories, attempting to convey their "mythic qualities." Schneer explains how the Thames became an icon of national identity, linked in the public mind and poetic expression with a sense of nationhood and liberty, from the time of the Magna Carta. Eight months of walking the 20 miles of pathway along the River Thames gave shape to this cultural history of England's "national river." As Schneer notes in his preface, "Almost every mile brings to mind a historical event or a work of art or literature." Jonathan Schneer, a professor of modern British history at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was a Visiting Fellow at Oxford several years ago. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Thames, Yale University Press, 2005, $47.25, by Jonathan Schneer, BA'71, MA'73 ![]()
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