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In this richly narrated and authoritative work--combining environmental and societal history--Giulio Boccaletti begins with the earliest civilizations of sedentary farmers on the banks of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates. He describes how these societies were made possible by sea level changes from the last glacial melt. He examines how this sedentary farming led to irrigation and multiple cropping, which, in turn, resulted in an explosion in population and the specialization of labor. We see how irrigation structure led to social structure--inventions like the calendar sprung from agricultural necessity; how, in Ancient Greece, communal ownership of wells laid the groundwork for democracy; how the Greek and Roman experience dealing with water security was the seed for tax systems. And he makes clear how the modern world as we know it began with a legal structure for the development of water infrastructure. In its scope and clarity, Water: A Biography provides a fascinating framework through which we can more fully understand society's relationship to, and fundamental reliance on, the most elemental substance on our planet.
In this richly narrated and authoritative work--combining environmental and societal history--Giulio Boccaletti begins with the earliest civilizations of sedentary farmers on the banks of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates. He describes how these societies were made possible by sea level changes from the last glacial melt. He examines how this sedentary farming led to irrigation and multiple cropping, which, in turn, resulted in an explosion in population and the specialization of labor. We see how irrigation structure led to social structure--inventions like the calendar sprung from agricultural necessity; how, in Ancient Greece, communal ownership of wells laid the groundwork for democracy; how the Greek and Roman experience dealing with water security was the seed for tax systems. And he makes clear how the modern world as we know it began with a legal structure for the development of water infrastructure. In its scope and clarity, Water: A Biography provides a fascinating framework through which we can more fully understand society's relationship to, and fundamental reliance on, the most elemental substance on our planet.
PART I ORIGINS
1 Standing Still in a World of Moving Water 3
2 The Rise of the Hydraulic State 16
3 Bronze Age Globalization 29
4 An Article of Faith 41
5 The Politics of Water 53
6 Res Publica 66
PART II A THOUSAND YEARS OF CONVERGENCE
7 Fragments of the Past 83
8 The Republic Returns 96
9 Water Sovereignty 110
10 American River Republic 123
1 1 Global Water Empire 136
12 The Great Utopian Synthesis 151
PART III THE HYDRAULIC CENTURY
13 Setting the Stage for Revolution 167
14 Crisis and Its Discontent 181
15 Industrializing Modernity 195
16 FDR’s Modernization Project 210
17 Cold War 224
18 The Great Acceleration 238
19 The End of an Era 251
PART IV FINALE
20 A World of Scarcity 267
2 1 A Planetary Experiment 281
Coda 293
Acknowledgments 299
Notes 301
Bibliography 331
Index 359
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Umwelt |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Ökologie |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 400 |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781524748234 |
| ISBN-10: | 1524748234 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Boccaletti, Giulio |
| Hersteller: | Random House USA Inc |
| Maße: | 242 x 168 x 35 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Giulio Boccaletti |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.09.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,719 kg |
PART I ORIGINS
1 Standing Still in a World of Moving Water 3
2 The Rise of the Hydraulic State 16
3 Bronze Age Globalization 29
4 An Article of Faith 41
5 The Politics of Water 53
6 Res Publica 66
PART II A THOUSAND YEARS OF CONVERGENCE
7 Fragments of the Past 83
8 The Republic Returns 96
9 Water Sovereignty 110
10 American River Republic 123
1 1 Global Water Empire 136
12 The Great Utopian Synthesis 151
PART III THE HYDRAULIC CENTURY
13 Setting the Stage for Revolution 167
14 Crisis and Its Discontent 181
15 Industrializing Modernity 195
16 FDR’s Modernization Project 210
17 Cold War 224
18 The Great Acceleration 238
19 The End of an Era 251
PART IV FINALE
20 A World of Scarcity 267
2 1 A Planetary Experiment 281
Coda 293
Acknowledgments 299
Notes 301
Bibliography 331
Index 359
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Umwelt |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Ökologie |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 400 |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781524748234 |
| ISBN-10: | 1524748234 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Boccaletti, Giulio |
| Hersteller: | Random House USA Inc |
| Maße: | 242 x 168 x 35 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Giulio Boccaletti |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.09.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,719 kg |
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