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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/535738617 Title: Water : the epic struggle for wealth, power, and civilization Author: Steven Solomon Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2010. OCLC:535738617

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Water : the epic struggle for wealth, power, and civilization

Author:	Steven Solomon
Publisher:	Princeton, N.J. : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2010.
Edition/Format:	Audiobook on CD : CD audio : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"A narrative account of how water has shaped human society from the ancient past to the present"--Provided by publisher
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Subjects	Water and civilization. Eau et civilisation.
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Material Type:	Audio book, etc.
Document Type:	Sound Recording
All Authors / Contributors:	Steven Solomon Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	535738617
Notes:	Originally published: New York, N.Y. : Harper, ©2010. 1st ed.
Awards:	Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (History) 2010
Description:	1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
Contents:	The indispensable resource -- Water and the start of civilization -- Rivers, irrigation, and the earliest empires -- Seafaring, trade, and the making of the Mediterranean world -- The Grand Canal and the flourishing of Chinese civilization -- Islam, deserts, and the destiny of history's most water-fragile civilization -- Waterwheel, plow, cargo ship, and the awakening of Europe -- The voyages of discovery and the launch of the oceanic era -- Steam power, industry, and the Age of the British Empire -- The sanitary revolution -- Water frontiers and the emergence of the United States -- The canal to America's Century -- Giant dams, water abundance, and the rise of global society -- Water : the new oil -- Thicker than blood : the water-famished Middle East -- From have to have-not : mounting water distress in Asia's rising giants -- Opportunity for scarcity : the new policies of water in the industrial democracies.
Responsibility:	Steven Solomon.

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"A narrative account of how water has shaped human society from the ancient past to the present"--Provided by publisher

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