Main Title |
Elixir : a history of water and humankind / |
Author |
Fagan, Brian M.
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Publisher |
Bloomsbury Press, |
Year Published |
2012 |
OCLC Number |
759174709 |
ISBN |
9781608193370; 1608193373 |
Subjects |
Water ;
Water--History ;
Water--Social aspects--History ;
Water and civilization--History
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EIAM |
GB671.F34 2011 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
08/24/2012 |
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Edition |
Pbk. ed. |
Collation |
xxvii, 384 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. |
Notes |
"First published by Bloomsbury Press in 2011"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-369) and index. |
Contents Notes |
"[The author] tells the story of water and how it has shaped human history, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sunbelt"--P. [4] of cover. Canals, furrows, and rice paddies -- The elixir of life -- Farmers and furrows -- "Whoever has a channel has a wife" -- Hohokam : "Something that is all gone" -- The power of the waters -- Waters from afar -- Landscapes of Enlil -- The lands of Enki -- "I caused a canal to be cut" -- The waters of Zeus -- Aquae Romae -- Cisterns and monsoons -- Waters that purify -- China's sorrow -- Ancient American hydrologists -- The water lily lords -- Triumphs of gravity -- Gravity and beyond -- The waters of Islam -- "Lifting power-- more certain than that of a hundred men" -- Mastery?. |
Place Published |
New York |
Alternate Title |
History of water and humankind |
PUB Date Free Form |
2012 |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
2010032082 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20120817123154 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
01958cam 2200385Ia 45020 |