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GEOGRAPHY / GENERAL

NEW FORTHCOMING Water Planet

The Nile The World’s Oceans The Culture, Politics,
Economics, and
An Encyclopedia of Geography, History,
Geography, History, and Environment Sustainability of
and Culture RAINER F. BUSCHMANN Water on Earth
AND LANCE NOLDE CAMILLE GASKIN-REYES, EDITOR
JOHN A. SHOUP

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This single-volume resource explores Readers will come away with
This book provides an avenue for the five major oceans of the world, “
students to explore the Nile—the addressing current issues such as sea a much deeper understanding
world’s longest river—and better rise and climate change and explaining of the topic. A comprehensive
understand its larger role in society in the significance of the oceans from resource for those thirsting for
information on water, politics,
the past, present, and future. historical, geographic, and cultural science, environment, and
FEATURES perspectives. culture. ”
• Presents primary documents that FEATURES —Library Journal, January 11, 2017
allow students to delve deeper into • Introduces readers to the five major
the past and more recent political oceans of the world and provides Through case studies, opposing
history of the Nile and serve librarians ready-reference entries relating to viewpoints, and primary documents,
and teachers in their support of geography, the environment, science, this reference work examines the
curricula standards
history, and culture environmental and sustainability issues
• Combines historical, cultural, and • Presents introductions and opposing regarding water as well as how water is
geographical perspectives on the Nile scholarly opinion essays on critical an intrinsic part of human culture.
River—in the long-ago past through to issues relating to the earth’s oceans,
modern day—into one comprehensive such as “Will the benefits of Arctic FEATURES
reference work
meltdown outweigh the adverse • Presents a variety of resources and
• Contains additional features, such effects?” and “How can we clean up multidisciplinary perspectives on
an appendix of place names and a the Pacific Garbage Patch?” water in a single book
glossary of terms, that provide ready- • Documents how some practical
reference material necessities regarding our global
RAINER F. BUSCHMANN is professor water problems are in conflict with
and founding faculty member in the
JOHN A. SHOUP is associate history program at the California State established cultural tradition and values
professor of anthropology at Al University Channel Islands.
Akhawayn University in Ifrane, CAMILLE GASKIN-REYES, PhD, is
Morocco. LANCE NOLDE is assistant professor
in the history program at California adjunct professor of Latin American
State University, Los Angeles. studies at Georgetown University.

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