Water - Nature and Culture

Informationen zum Autor Veronica Strang is professor of social anthropology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is the author of many books, including What Anthropologists Do and Gardening the World. Klappentext Veronica Strang's Water digs into the rich history of human interaction with water, and is the first of its kind to give a comprehensive cultural view of water and history as well as taking in social and ecological issues. It will appeal to all of those interested in the environment and the state of the world today. Zusammenfassung Water presents the rich history of human interaction with water! from earliest agriculture to contemporary issues of water resources! global conflict! and disease! health and hygiene. It looks at the physical properties of water! as well as the differences and continuities in humankind's relationship with water over the course of history.

Product details

• Authors: STRANG, Veronica Strang
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2015
• EAN: 9781780234328
• ISBN: 978-1-78023-432-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Earth; Earth
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works