| Authors: |
Salzman, James.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Drinking water.
Water and civilization -- History.
Water-supply -- Management.
Water conservation -- History.
Water.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2012. |
| Description: |
320 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781590207208 1590207203 9780715645284 0715645285 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-309) and index. |
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| Summary: |
Duke professor James Salzman shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time--from globalization and social justice to terrorism and climate change--and how humans have been wrestling with these problems for centuries. |