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Signs of Water: Community Perspectives on Water, Responsibility, and Hope
Author(s): Robert Boschman (editor) (Author), Sonya L. Jakubec (editor) D120 (Author)
- Publisher: University of Calgary Press
- Publication Date: 28 Feb. 2022
- Language: English
- Print length: 464 pages
- ISBN-10: 1773852345
- ISBN-13: 9781773852348
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Asking key theoretical questions, exposing threats to vital water systems, and proposing paths forward,
Signs of Water brims with histories, ontologies, and political struggles. Bringing together local experiences to tell a global story, it centers water as history, as politics, and as a human right.Editorial Reviews
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