Water The Epic Struggle For Wealth, Power, And Civilization

Author: Steven Solomon

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Price : 34.99 NZD
ISBN : 9780060548315
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint : HarperPerennial
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Publication date : 01 February 2011
Dimensions : 229mm X 152mm
Produced in : United States
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Dewey classification : 553.7
Reading Level : very good
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Pages : 624
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Far more than oil, the control of water wealth throughout history has been pivotal to the rise and fall of great powers, the achievements of civilization, the transformations of society's vital habitats, and the quality of ordinary daily lives. Today, freshwater scarcity is one of the twenty-first century's decisive, looming challenges, driving new political, economic, and environmental realities across the globe. In "Water," Steven Solomon offers the first-ever narrative portrait of the power struggles, personalities, and breakthroughs that have shaped humanity from antiquity's earliest civilizations through the steam-powered Industrial Revolution and America's century. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, "Water" is a groundbreaking account of man's most critical resource in shaping human destinies, from ancient times to our dawning age of water scarcity.

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