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Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? (Environmental Alert Series) Paperback - 1999
by Postel, Sandra
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The overriding lesson from history is that most irrigation-based civilizations fail. As we enter the third millennium, the question arises: Will ours be any different?
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- Title Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? (Environmental Alert Series)
- Author Postel, Sandra
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - VG-
- Pages 330
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Norton, New York
- Date 1999
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 241228
- ISBN 9780393319378 / 0393319377
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.24 x 5.49 x 0.81 in (20.93 x 13.94 x 2.06 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Water conservation, Irrigation
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00501134
- Dewey Decimal Code 333.91
First line
It is impossible to talk about the history of human civilization without talking about water.
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Citations
- Ingram Advance, 06/01/1999, Page 60
- Scitech Book News, 12/01/2000, Page 119