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Focusing on Costa Rica and Brazil, Andrea Ballestero examines the legal, political, economic, and bureaucratic history o
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From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of
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As the world's population continues to grow apace and an increasing number of countries aspire to a twenty-first ce
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The history of the water closet is a social history in itself, with many curious aspects. It is also a story of ingeniou
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Based on fieldwork among state officials, NGOs, politicians, and activists in Costa Rica and Brazil, A Future History of
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These three volumes present an original exploration of all aspects of water – social, cultural, political, religious, hi
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As global climate change threatens to change radically both the political and physical climate with regard to water issu
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How has water been perceived in different societies and across different eras of world history? How have these changing
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Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely obs
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Water for Gotham tells the spirited story of New York's evolution as a great city by examining its struggle for tha
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