Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind by Brian Fagan

Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind

Brian Fagan

384 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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Elixir spans five millennia, from ancient Mesopotamia to the parched present of the Sun Belt. As Brian Fagan shows, every human society has been shaped by its relationship toour most essential resource. Fagan's sweeping narrative moves across the ...

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