Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind - Tapa blanda

Brian M Fagan

 
9781608193370: Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind
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ISBN 10: 1608193373 ISBN 13: 9781608193370
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012

Sinopsis

In Elixir, New York Times bestselling author Brian Fagan tells the story of our most vital resource and how it has shaped our history, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sunbelt. Fagan relates how every human society has been shaped by its relationship to our most essential resource. This sweeping narrative moves across the world, from ancient Greece and Rome, whose mighty aqueducts still supply modern cities, to China, where emperors marshaled armies of laborers in a centuries-long struggle to tame powerful rivers. As the earth's population approaches nine billion and ancient aquifers run dry, we once again remember the importance of this vital resource. To solve the water crises of the future, we may need to adapt the water ethos of our ancestors, captured here in rich detail by Brian Fagan.

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Acerca del autor

Brian Fagan is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Cro-Magnon, the New York Times bestseller The Great Warming, and many other books, including Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting and the Discovery of the New World and several books on climate history, including The Little Ice Age and The Long Summer.

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Editorial
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1608193373
ISBN 13 
9781608193370
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
384
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9781608190034: Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind

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ISBN 10:  160819003X ISBN 13:  9781608190034
Editorial: BLOOMSBURY, 2011
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