Product Description

A chilling, in-depth examination of how a handful of powerful corporations are gaining ownership and control of the Earth's dwindling water supply, depriving millions of people around the world access to this most basic of resources and accelerating the onset of a global water crisis. With great passion and clarity Barlow traces the history of these international battles and documents the life and death stakes involved in the fight for the right to water.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #285014 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

Customer Reviews

Darn Hot!
A tremendous warning is the one Maude Marlow makes with this wonderful book... fascinating in essence, it lets us know why we must head towards a different kind of "growth"... simple: we are finishing even water supplies! the degree of detail she describes cannot be interpreted other than a last warning... either we rationalize our economies (world, national and even individual) or we are condemned to a next war: for water!

Referring to water, Ms. Barlow says: "...those areas of life thought to be common heritage of humanity for the benefit of the many, now coming under corporate control for the benefit of the few (rich)" is a phrase that resonates in my head as I drink water from my purchased bottle of water and wake up to conscience of this once simple act and its implications...

Worth reading document, rich (to say the least) in data, research material, etc.

¡Bravo Ms. Barlow!