What Is Water?: The History of a Modern Abstraction - Brossura

Linton, Jamie

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ISBN 10: 077481702X ISBN 13: 9780774817028

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2010

Riassunto

"We all know what water is, and we often take it for granted. But the spectre of a worldwide water crisis suggests there might be something fundamentally wrong with the way we think about water. Jamie Linton dives into the history of water as an abstract concept, stripped of its environmental, social, and cultural contexts. Reduced to a scientific abstraction--to mere H[subscript 2]O--this concept has given modern society licence to dam, divert, and manipulate water with apparent impunity. Part of the solution to the water crisis involves reinvesting water with social content, thus altering the way we see water. What Is Water? offers a fresh approach to a fundamental problem."--BOOK JACKET.

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Jamie Lintondives into the history of water as an abstract concept, stripped of its environmental, social, and cultural contexts. Reduced to a scientific abstraction - to mere H20 - this concept has given modern society licence to dam, divert, and manipulate water with apparent impunity. Part of the solution to the water crisis involves reinvesting water with social content, thus altering the way we see water.

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• Editore: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 077481702X
• ISBN 13: 9780774817028
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 333
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