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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 3Main Title | Bottlemania : how water went on sale and why we bought it / | ||||||||||||
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Author | Royte, Elizabeth. | ||||||||||||
Publisher | Bloomsbury, | ||||||||||||
Year Published | 2008 | ||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 179789550 | ||||||||||||
ISBN | 9781596913714; 1596913711 | ||||||||||||
Subjects | Bottled water industry--Social aspects ; Bottled water--Social aspects ; Mineralvatten--framställning, tillverkning, etc | ||||||||||||
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Edition | 1st U.S. ed. | ||||||||||||
Collation | 248 pages ; 22 cm | ||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index. |
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Contents Notes | An alarm in the woods -- Hydrate or die -- Testing the waters -- The cradle of the Saco -- The public trough -- Aftertaste -- Backlash -- Town meeting -- Something to drink. An investigation into the commercialization of drinking water traces the process through which companies acquire, bottle, and market water, in an account that addresses such issues as the risks of water-decontaminating practices. |