Precious Commodity: Providing Water for America's Cities
(Part of the History of the Urban Environment Series)
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As an essential resource, water has been the object of warfare, political wrangling, and individual and corporate abuse. It has also become an object of commodification, with multinational corporations vying for water supply contracts in many countries. In Precious Commodity, Martin V. Melosi examines water resources in the United States and addresses whether access to water is an inalienable right of citizens, and if government is responsible for...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822961415
ISBN13:9780822961413
Release Date:April 2011
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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