Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization
2011 | 624 | ISBN: 0060548312 | PDF | 5 MB
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This sprawling text reconstructs the history of civilization in order to
illuminate the importance of water in human development from the first
civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and the Indus River Valley to the
present. Solomon (The Confidence Game) advances a persuasive argument:
the prosperity of nations and empires has depended on their access to
water and their ability to harness water resources. The story he tells
is familiar, but his emphasis on water is unique: he shows how the
Nile's flood patterns determined political unity and dynastic collapses
in Egypt. He suggests that the construction of China's Grand Canal made
possible a sixth-century reunification that eluded the Roman Empire.
Finally, he attributes America's rise to superpower status to such
20th-century water innovations as the Panama Canal and Hoover Dam.
Solomon surveys the current state of the world's water resources by
region, making a compelling case that the U.S. and other leading
democracies have untapped strategic advantages that will only become
more significant as water becomes scarcer. ...
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