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Water: Nature and Culture (Earth) by Veronica Strang is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Water: Nature and Culture (Earth) about?

"Water flows centrally through human lives, hydrating our bodies and all of the organic species on which we depend; sustaining the ecosystems we inhabit; and enabling our agricultural and technological developments. Throughout human history, water's life-giving and destructive capacities have had powerful symbolic meanings for diverse cultures and societies. Water considers our relationship with this essential element, its physical properties and the multiple effects these exert on our material activities, our emotions and our imaginations. In religious and secular contexts, water has always been seen as a source of regenerative power, carrying life through time and space. From the healing wells of prehistoric societies, to contemporary needs for water supply and sanitation, it remains central to human health. Water has enabled the movements of people along rivers, canals and across oceans. Its forces turned the wheels of the Industrial Revolution and continue to provide the hydro-power that drives modern economies. Visions of water as an economic 'asset' have encouraged its enclosure and privatization, sparking major conflicts -- national and community-driven -- over ownership and

Who reads Water: Nature and Culture (Earth)?

Author

Veronica Strang

Publisher

Reaktion Books Ltd

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781780234830

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Nature, History, Science