| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 386 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Africa Dams -- Arkansas River Valley -- The Baltic -- Big dams -- Botswana -- Chesapeake -- Columbia River -- Community Water Supply -- Edwards Aquifer -- Euphrates - Tigris Basin -- Finland -- France -- Gabcikovo Dam -- Grand Canyon -- Great Lakes -- Indian Dams -- Med Plan -- Mexican Water treaty -- Mississippi River -- Native American Reservations -- Nuclear-power Plants -- Ogallala Aquifer -- Pacific Northwest -- Pacific Salmon -- Rhine Canal -- Riparian Ecosystems -- Salmon Populations -- Salmon 2000 -- Southern Africa -- Tisza Chemical Spill -- U.S. Water Pollution -- U.S. Wetlands -- Water: Commodity. |
| Summary |
Addresses heavily debated questions by offering different critical perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods and from all parts of the globe. This volume covers water and the environment issues from a global perspective. Provides students with an enhanced understanding of events only summarized in history texts, helps stimulate critical thinking and provides ideas for papers and assignments. |
| Subject |
Water use.
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Environmental protection.
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Environmental policy.
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Water -- Pollution -- Environmental aspects.
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| Added Author |
Miller, Char, editor.
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Cioc, Mark, editor.
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Showers, Kate, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: History in dispute, Vol. 7. Detroit : St. James Press, c2001 9781558624139 |
| ISBN |
9781558627116 (electronic book) |
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1558627111 (electronic book) |
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9781558624139 |
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1558624139 |
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