Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water

Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water

Published: April 2010

Authors: Peter Gleick

Pages: 232


Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water

By / April 17, 2010 January 21, 2021

Overview

Bottled and Sold explores the trajectory of water from a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years. The book discusses in detail the debate over the commodifying of water, exploring what it means for us to bottle and sell our most basic necessity.

Available for Purchase from Island Press.

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