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Elixir

Brian Fagan

Paperback

Expected to dispatch on around 21st June 2012
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Elixir

Synopsis

A Human History of Water. This book spans five millennia, from the beginnings of civilisation to the global water shortages of today. Our present-day interaction with this most essential resource has deep roots in the remote past, and every human culture has been shaped by its relationship to water. Brian Fagan tells the story of 5,000 years of human endeavour. Deeply researched and elegantly written, 'Elixir' illustrates that the past teaches us that technologies for solving one or another water problem are not enough. We still live at the mercy of the natural world and to solve the water crises of the future we may need to adapt the water