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Water: Nature and Culture
Veronica Strang
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Description for Water: Nature and Culture
Paperback. 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. Series: Earth. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 illustrations, 70 in colour. BIC Classification: WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
Since the beginning of time humans have had a vital relationship with water. Water considers humanity's interaction with this essential substance, its physical properties and their material effects, as well as exploring how diverse societies have engaged with these in different times and places. The earliest societies worshipped water deities, and even today water has important symbolic meanings as the embodiment of spiritual being and regenerative power. Water transformed agriculture through irrigation and drove the industrial revolution. Societies' relationships with water have also changed through history, with the development of new ideas about disease, health and hygiene management. Visions of ... Read more
Since the beginning of time humans have had a vital relationship with water. Water considers humanity's interaction with this essential substance, its physical properties and their material effects, as well as exploring how diverse societies have engaged with these in different times and places. The earliest societies worshipped water deities, and even today water has important symbolic meanings as the embodiment of spiritual being and regenerative power. Water transformed agriculture through irrigation and drove the industrial revolution. Societies' relationships with water have also changed through history, with the development of new ideas about disease, health and hygiene management. Visions of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Earth
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780234328
SKU
V9781780234328
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Ref
99-2
About Veronica Strang
Veronica Strang is Executive Director of the Institute of Advanced Study and Professor of Anthropology at Durham University. Herprevious books include The Meaning of Water (2004) and Gardening the World: Agency, Identity and the Ownership of Water (2009).
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