New Library Acquisitions -- Week of December 3d

Featured Book: 

Thirst: Water and Power in the Ancient World (2012). This 384-page text is authored by Steven Mithen, a Professor of Early Prehistory and Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of Reading. The book, a work of environmental history, examines the successes and failures of humanity's last 10,000 years attempts at water management.  Recognizing the historic importance of the commodification of water, the author reviews the terraforming and hydraulic engineering feats of ancient civilizations in an effort to provide us with more insight into the water crisis facing our world today.

New Library Acquisitions:

 

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW.

Administrative agency litigation / Christopher B. McNeil

 

BIODIVERSITY.

Fragile dominion : complexity and the commons / Simon A. Levin

 

FOREIGN LAW.

Argentina : environmental, geographical and cultural issues / Angelo E. Rossi and Lola S. Miranda, editors

 

HISTORY.

Thirst : water and power in the ancient world / Steven Mithen

 

LAND USE.

An introduction to land law / Simon Gardner with Emily MacKenzie

 

SCIENCE.

The sixth extinction : patterns of life and the future of humankind / Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin

 

 

WILDERNESS AREAS.

Drawing lines in the forest : creating wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest / Kevin R. Marsh ; foreword by William Cronon