Water and Society: Changing Perceptions of Societal and Historical Development

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Water and Society: Changing Perceptions of Societal and Historical Development
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Terje Tvedt
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreHistorical geography
Human geography
ISBN/Barcode 9780755606481
ClassificationsDewey:333.91
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Edition 2nd edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publication Date 25 February 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Despite the central importance that water has held for civilizations both ancient and modern, its social significance has made surprisingly little impact on our contemporary understanding of human history and development. Dominant interpretations of the relationship between society and nature have remained water blind. In Water and Society historian and leading water expert Terje Tvedt argues for a change that acknowledges the significant role played by water in societal development. Reflecting his expertise as a geographer, historian and a political scientist, and drawing on his wide experience of water issues around the world, Terje Tvedt s Water and Society provides a long overdue reappraisal of the relationship between water and society, one that gives water its rightful place as central to any true understanding of human history and development."

Author Biography

Terje Tvedt is Professor of Geography at the University of Bergen and Professor of Political Science and of Global History at the University of Oslo. He has published extensively on water related topics and presented three successful television documentaries on water, shown in 150 countries worldwide. His books include The River Nile in the Age of the British, A Journey in the Future of Water, and he is the Series Editor of the pioneering History of Water Series, all published by I.B.Tauris.