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Author Salzman, James.

Title Drinking water : a history / James Salzman.

Publication Info. New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.61 SAL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.6 SA39    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.61 SALZMAN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  363.61 SA    Check Shelf
Description 320 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-309) and index.
Contents Introduction: Mother McCloud -- The fountain of youth -- Who gets to drink? -- Is it safe to drink the water? -- Death in small doses -- Blue terror -- Bigger than soft drinks -- Need versus greed -- Finding water for the twenty-first century -- Afterword: A glass half empty/a glass half full.
Subject Drinking water.
Water and civilization -- History.
Water-supply -- Management.
Water conservation -- History.
Water.
ISBN 9781590207208 US $27.95
1590207203 US
9780715645284 UK
0715645285 UK
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