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000434293 1001_ $$aFagan, Brian M.
000434293 24510 $$aElixir :$$ba history of water and humankind /$$cBrian Fagan.
000434293 2461_ $$aHuman history of water
000434293 250__ $$a1st U.S. ed.
000434293 260__ $$aNew York :$$bBloomsbury Press,$$c2011.
000434293 300__ $$axxvii, 384 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c25 cm.
000434293 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000434293 5050_ $$aCanals, furrows, and rice paddies. The elixir of life ; Farmers and furrows ; "Whoever has a channel has a wife" ; Hohokam : "Something that is all gone" ; The power of the waters -- Waters from afar. Landscapes of Enlil ; The lands of Enki ; "I caused a canal to be cut" ; The waters of Zeus ; Aquae Romae -- Cisterns and monsoons. Waters that purify ; China's sorrow -- Ancient American hydrologists. The water lily lords ; Triumphs of gravity -- Gravity and beyond. The waters of Islam ; "Lifting power-- more certain than that of a hundred men" ; Mastery?
000434293 520__ $$aThe story of our most vital resource, and how it has shaped the history of every human society, spans five millennia, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched Sun Belt, from ancient Rome, whose mighty aqueducts still supply modern cities, to China, where emperors marshaled armies of laborers in a centuries-long struggle to tame powerful rivers. Anthropologist Fagan sets out three ages of water: In the first, lasting thousands of years, water was scarce--so precious that it became sacred in almost every culture. By the time of the Industrial Revolution, human ingenuity had brought water to the most arid landscapes. This was the second age: water as commodity. Even bone-dry regions like the American Southwest glittered with swimming pools and golf courses. Today, we are entering a third age: as our population approaches nine billion and ancient aquifers run dry, we must learn once again to treat this essence of life with humility, even reverence.--From publisher description.
000434293 650_0 $$aWater.
000434293 650_0 $$aWater$$xHistory.
000434293 650_0 $$aWater$$xSocial aspects$$xHistory.
000434293 650_0 $$aWater and civilization$$xHistory.
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