Drinking Water: A History

By James Salzman

Book Overview

In Drinking Water, Duke University professor and environmental policy expert 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. Provacative, insightful, and above all fun to read, Drinking Water shows just how complex a simple glass of water can be.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468307118
• ISBN13: 9781468307115
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher