Steven Solomon

Water

The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization

Buch

Far more than oil, the control of water wealth throughout history has been pivotal to the rise and fall of great powers, the achievements of civilization, the transformations of society's vital habitats, and the quality of ordinary daily lives. Today, freshwater scarcity is one of the twenty-first century's decisive, looming challenges, driving new political, economic, and environmental realities across the globe.In Water, Steven Solomon offers the first-ever narrative portrait of the power struggles, personalities, and breakthroughs that have shaped humanity from antiquity's earliest civilizations through the steam-powered Industrial Revolut… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-054831-5
EAN: 9780060548315
Produktnummer: 7713375
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 624 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback

Über den Autor

Steven Solomon is a journalist who has written for The New York Times, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes, and Esquire, and has commented on NPR's Marketplace. He is also the author of The Confidence Game. Solomon lives in Washington, D.C.