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Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?
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Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? Paperback - 1999

by Sandra Postel

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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It is impossible to talk about the history of human civilization without talking about water.

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  • Title Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?
  • Author Sandra Postel
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 330
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 1999-07-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Recycled Paper, Table of Contents
  • 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)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Water conservation, Irrigation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00501134
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.91

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  • Ingram Advance, 06/01/1999, Page 60
  • Scitech Book News, 12/01/2000, Page 119
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