The story of the resource that has shaped human history more than any other
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Brian Fagan was born in England and spent several years doing fieldwork in Africa. He is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of 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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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR004672508
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Elixir: A Human History of Water spans five millennia, from the beginnings of civilisation to the global water shortages of today. Our present-day interaction with this most essential resource has deep roots in the remote past, and every human culture has been shaped by its relationship to water. From the earliest hunter-gatherers, for whom knowing where to find water was a matter of life and death, through the Greek and Romans, whose mighty aqueducts still provide water for modern cities, to China, where emperors marshalled armies of labourers to tame the country's powerful rivers, every human culture has been shaped by its relationship with water. Medieval Europe, and then the Industrial Revolution, brought ingenious new solutions to water management and turned water into a commodity to be bought, sold, and exploited, and we still live at the mercy of the natural world for our most essential resource. Brian Fagan tells the story of 5,000 years of human endeavour. Deeply researched and elegantly written, Elixir illustrates that the past teaches us that technologies for solving one or another water problem are not enough. We still live at the mercy of the natural world and to solve the water crises of the future we may need to adapt the water ethos of our ancestors. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00107882843
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Elixir: A Human History of Water spans five millennia, from the beginnings of civilisation to the global water shortages of today. Our present-day interaction with this most essential resource has deep roots in the remote past, and every human culture has been shaped by its relationship to water. From the earliest hunter-gatherers, for whom knowing where to find water was a matter of life and death, through the Greek and Romans, whose mighty aqueducts still provide water for modern cities, to China, where emperors marshalled armies of labourers to tame the country's powerful rivers, every human culture has been shaped by its relationship with water. Medieval Europe, and then the Industrial Revolution, brought ingenious new solutions to water management and turned water into a commodity to be bought, sold, and exploited, and we still live at the mercy of the natural world for our most essential resource. Brian Fagan tells the story of 5,000 years of human endeavour. Deeply researched and elegantly written, Elixir illustrates that the past teaches us that technologies for solving one or another water problem are not enough. We still live at the mercy of the natural world and to solve the water crises of the future we may need to adapt the water ethos of our ancestors. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers CIN1408815737VG
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hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers rev4538984544
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. CLEAN FRESH WATER IS NOT ONLY OUR GREATYEST ASSET, BUT IT HAS ALSO SHAPED THE DESTINY OF NATIONS AND HISTORY.THIS DAZZLING NARRATIVE SWEEPS ALL BEFORE IT AS IT OUTLINES MANS STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY OVER THIS MOST PRECIOUS OF RESOURCES. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004772
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First Edition. Fine Hardback, in Fine dustwrapper. An as new copy, clean and unmarked. 384 pp Hardback in blue cloth with silver titles on spine in dustwrapper. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 61547
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hardcover. Zustand: new. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers Shelfdream1408815737