Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind - Brossura

Fagan, Brian

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ISBN 10: 1608193373 ISBN 13: 9781608193370

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2012

Riassunto

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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Informazioni sull?autore

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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1608193373
• ISBN 13: 9781608193370
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile