The indispensable resource
Water and the start of civilization
Rivers, irrigation, and the earliest empires
Seafaring, trade, and the making of the Mediterranean world
The Grand Canal and the flourishing of Chinese civilization
Islam, deserts, and the destiny of history's most water-fragile civilization
Waterwheel, plow, cargo ship, and the awakening of Europe
The voyages of discovery and the launch of the oceanic era
Steam power, industry, and the Age of the British Empire
Water frontiers and the emergence of the United States
The canal to America's Century
Giant dams, water abundance, and the rise of global society
Thicker than blood : the water-famished Middle East
From have to have-not : mounting water distress in Asia's rising giants
Opportunity for scarcity : the new policies of water in the industrial democracies.
