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Water capitalism : the case for privatizing oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers / Walter E. Block and Peter Lothian Nelson.

Author/creator Block, Walter, 1941- author.
Other author/creatorNelson, Peter L. (Peter Lothian), 1946- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Descriptionxiv, 286 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Capitalist thought: studies in philosophy, politics, and economics
Capitalist thought: studies in philosophy, politics, and economics. ^A1287579
Contents Privatize the oceans and all other bodies of water -- Why privatize anything? -- Why privatize bodies of water? -- Aquatic ownership concepts -- The process of privatization homesteading, abandonment -- Existing law governing the seas -- Oceans: concepts of oceanological ownership -- Rivers: concepts of potamological ownership -- Lakes: concepts of limnological ownership -- Aquifers: concepts of hydrogeological ownership -- Mainstream views on ocean management -- Piracy -- Case studies -- Debate: technological viewpoints that inform homesteading, technological units.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2015032605
ISBN9781498518802 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN149851880X (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN9781498518819 (electronic)
ISBN1498518818 (electronic)

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Joyner General Stacks HD1691 .B575 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold