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OCLC number
458726831
Author
Linton, Jamie,
Title
What is water? : the history of a modern abstraction
Publisher
Vancouver : UBC Press, 2010.
Description
xviii, 333 p. :ill. ;
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abstract
"We all know what water is, and we often take it for granted. But the spectre of a worldwide water crisis suggests there might be something fundamentally wrong with the way we think about water. Jamie Linton dives into the history of water as an abstract concept, stripped of its environmental, social, and cultural contexts. Reduced to a scientific abstraction--to mere H[subscript 2]O--this concept has given modern society licence to dam, divert, and manipulate water with apparent impunity. Part of the solution to the water crisis involves reinvesting water with social content, thus altering the way we see water. What Is Water? offers a fresh approach to a fundamental problem."--Jacket.
Subject
Water.
Hydrologic cycle.
Water History.
Water Environmental aspects.
Water Social aspects.
Water.
Hydrologic cycle.
Water History.
Water Environmental aspects.
Water Social aspects.
Eau.
Cycle hydrologique.
Eau Histoire.
Eau Aspect de l'environnement.
Eau Aspect social.
Eau.
Cycle hydrologique.
Eau Histoire.
Eau Aspect de l'environnement.
Eau Aspect social.
water
hydrologie
hydrology
geschiedenis
history
milieufactoren
environmental factors
sociologie
sociology
filosofie
philosophy
hydrologische cyclus
hydrological cycle
environmental analysis
Water Management (General)
Waterbeheer (algemeen)
ISBN
9780774817011
0774817011
9780774817028
077481702X