Bottled and sold
the story behind our obsession with bottled water
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Author
Publication
2010 - Island Press, Washington, DC, District of Columbia
Language
English
Word Count
52,750 words, Guess
Page Count
211 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebottledsoldstory0000glei
- ISBN-101597265284
- ISBN-139781597265287
- Library of Congress Control Number2009048139
- OCLC Control Number468856480
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781597265287
- Open LibraryOL23945125M
Classifications
- DDC663/.61
- LCCTP659 .G54 2010
- LCCTP659.G54 2010
Description
Water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years. That's a big story, and water is big business.Gleick 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.
Other Editions
- Bottled and sold: the story behind our obsession with bottled water
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