Table of Contents

Introduction: Making Lifelines from Frontlines 1. Securing Freedom of Navigation: A Revolutionary Fight Against a Barbaric Past (1789–1813) 2. The Balance of Power and the System of Commerce Before and After Vienna (1814-1815) 3. On Behalf of the Common Good: Dutch-Prussian Rivalry in and Outside the CCNR (1816–1831) 4. A River, a Legislator: The Origins of a Riverine Knowledge System in the 1830s 5. Between Radicals and Experts: Consolidating a Rhine Expert Regime in the 1840s to 1860s 6. Running an International Organisation in the Context of Increasing National Power Politics (1860–1900) Conclusion: Composing a Heritage and Projecting the Future of the CCNR (1900–1918)

About the Author

Joep Schenk is lecturer at the History of International Relations section at Utrecht University, Netherlands. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow within an ERC-funded project on the making of a security culture in Europe in the nineteenth century and is currently researching international environmental cooperation and competition in historical perspective.