Water and Human Societies: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9783030676940 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 274 str.

David A. Pietz; Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Water, Civilization and Culture.- Chapter 2: Water and Landscapes.- Chapter 3: Water and Production.- Chapter 4: Water and Health.- Chapter 5: Water and Equity.- Chapter 6: Water and Governance.- Chapter 7: Water and Security.- Chapter 8: Water and Globalization.- Chapter 9: Water and Sustainability.

O autorze

David A. Pietz is Professor of History and the UNESCO Chair of Environmental History at the University of Arizona, USA.  His publications include The Yellow River: The Problem of Water in Modern China, and Engineering the State: The Huai River and Reconstruction in Nationalist China, 1927-1937.

Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted is Professor Emeritus at Eastern Washington University, USA. Her publications include Rivers, Memory and Nation- Building: A History of the Volga and Mississippi Rivers.