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What is water? : the history of a modern abstraction / Jamie Linton ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.

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"A history of the modern concept of water that traces how a scientific abstraction has helped to produce a global crisis"--

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Linton, Jamie (Author)
Other Authors:	Wynn, Graeme, 1946- (writer of foreword.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Vancouver : UBC Press, [2010]
Series:	Nature, history, society.
Subjects:	Water. Hydrologic cycle. Water > History. Water > Environmental aspects. Water > Social aspects. Hydrologic cycle Water Water > Environmental aspects Water > Social aspects History

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Summary:	"A history of the modern concept of water that traces how a scientific abstraction has helped to produce a global crisis"--
Physical Description:	1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780774817035 0774817038
ISSN:	1713-6680
Source of Description, Etc. Note:	Source of description: Print version record.
Biographical or Historical Data:	Jamie Linton is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.