Bottled and Sold by Peter H Gleick

Bottled and Sold by Peter H Gleick

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Shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years - and why we are poorer for it. This work exposes the true reasons we've turned to the bottle, from fear-mongering by business interests and our own vanity to the breakdown of public systems and global inequities.

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Bottled and Sold by Peter H Gleick

Shows how water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years - and why we are poorer for it. This work exposes the true reasons we've turned to the bottle, from fear-mongering by business interests and our own vanity to the breakdown of public systems and global inequities.
Peter H. Gleick is President of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California, and is a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his work on water issues.
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ISBN 13 9781610911627
ISBN 10 1610911628
Title Bottled and Sold
Author Peter H Gleick
Series Shearwater
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Island Press
Year published 2011-09-01
Number of pages 232
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.