Ellen F. Arnold

Water in World History (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book takes a thematic approach to the global history of water, covering a wide range of human interactions with water and the ways in which it carries both life and death.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040146682
• Artikelnr.: 72273464

Autorenporträt

Ellen F. Arnold is a medieval environmental historian with a focus on religion and water and is a Senior Lecturer of History at The Ohio State University, USA. She is the author of Medieval Riverscapes (2024) and Negotiating the Landscape (2012), and the co-editor of the journal Water History.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Water and Religion 2. Dangerous Waters 3. Who Will Build It? 4. Waterworks 5. Drinking Water 6. Water Parks 7. Underwater Encounters 8. Water Scarcity

Rezensionen

"Through Water in World History, medieval environmental historian Ellen Arnold provides a valuable text for scholars interested in teaching about or wanting an introduction to water's historical significance on a global scale...Overall, Arnold's Water in World History is the first accessible survey of water history that is of value to both undergraduate students and scholars beginning their study of historical water narratives."

Kristin Brig-Ortiz, Washington University in St. Louis, US: Review in H-Net Reviews, February 2025

"Through Water in World History, medieval environmental historian Ellen Arnold provides a valuable text for scholars interested in teaching about or wanting an introduction to water's historical significance on a global scale...Overall, Arnold's Water in World History is the first accessible survey of water history that is of value to both undergraduate students and scholars beginning their study of historical water narratives."

Kristin Brig-Ortiz, Washington University in St. Louis, US: Review in H-Net Reviews, February 2025