Drinking water: a history
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Published:
New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2012.
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Book
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320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Status:
East Hampton Adult Nonfiction
551.48 SAL
Description
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.
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East Hampton Adult Nonfiction
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English
ISBN:
9781590207208, 1590207203, 9780715645284, 0715645285
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-309) and index.
Description
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.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Salzman, J. (2012). Drinking water: a history. Overlook Duckworth.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Salzman, James. 2012. Drinking Water: A History. Overlook Duckworth.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Salzman, James, Drinking Water: A History. Overlook Duckworth, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Salzman, James. Drinking Water: A History. Overlook Duckworth, 2012.
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