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The Big Thirstby Charles Fishman
Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 12.99The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex . Rather than only three states of water—liquid, ice, and vapor—there is a fourth, “molecular water,” fused into rock 400 miles deep in the Earth, and that’s where most of the planet’s water is found. Unlike most precious resources, water cannot be used up; it can always be made clean enough again to drink—indeed, water can be made so clean that it’s toxic. Water is the most vital substance in our lives but also more amazing and mysterious than we appreciate. As Charles Fishman brings vibrantly to life in this surprising and mind-changing narrative, water runs our world... more...
Water and Society in Early Medieval Italy, AD 4001000by Paolo Squatriti
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 38.00A discussion of the relationship between people and water in medieval Italy. more...
Fields of Resistanceby Silvia Giagnoni
Haymarket Books 2011; US$ 17.00A firsthand account of the modern-day slavery faced by migrant laborers and their inspiring struggle against inhuman conditions. more...
Communist Agricultureby Wä Karl-Eugen dekin
Routledge 1990; US$ 200.00The agrarian policies of China, Mongolia, Vietnam and Cuba are compared and assessed, together providing a fascinating account of agricultural development in socialist economies. more...
Privatizing the Landby Ivan Szelenyi
Routledge 1998; US$ 170.00This book offers an overview of reforms in state socialist agrarian systems during the 1970s and 1980s in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. This experience is contrasted to reforms in China, Vietnam and Cuba. more...
Agriculture and Economic Development in East Asiaby Penelope Francks; Joanna Boestel; Choo Hyop Kim
Routledge 1999; US$ 195.00Analyzing case studies from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea this book highlights common characteristics of agriculture's role in East Asian development and the features particular to the political economy of each country. more...
Environmental Management and Governanceby Peter May; Neil Ericksen; John Handmer; Jennifer Dixon; Sarah Michaels; D. Ingle Smith; Raymond Burby
Routledge 1996; US$ 63.95This book addresses aspects of environmental management that raise fundamental questions about governmental roles and the relationship of humans to the environment. more...
Water Demand Forecastingby V. Gardiner; Lorenzo Carcaterra
Spon Press 1986; US$ 160.00Proceedings of a workshop sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council. more...
European Agricultureby Brian Gardner
Routledge 1996; US$ 67.95Provides a comprehensive breakdown of the workings of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), analyses the economic, political and environmental implications of pursuing present farming policy and looks provocatively towards the future. more...
Waterby M. Kay; L.E.D. Smith; T. Franks
Spon Press 1997; US$ 300.00This book forms the proceedings of the 18th European conference on irrigation and drainage. Water is not a free commodity, and demand is becoming more and more intense for its allocation. This book focuses on the role of irrigation and drainage in the debate on water, and will be used by planners, designers and policy makers internationally. more...