Virtuous waters mineral springs, bathing, and infrastructure in Mexico Walsh, Casey creator author. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. History. cau 2018 2008 monographic eng remote 1 online resource "Virtuous Waters is the first study of mineral waters and bathing in Mexico. It traces the evolving ideas about these waters, from European contact to the present, in order to shed new light on human-environment relations in the modern world. Our relation to water is among the most urgent of global issues, as increasing scarcity and pollution threaten food shortages, deteriorating public health, and the collapse of aquatic ecosystems. Drawing on ideas from political ecology, the author brings together an analysis of the shifts in the concept of water and a material history of environments, infrastructures, and bathing. The book analyzes a range of issues concerning complex "water cultures" that have formed around Mexican groundwaters over time and suggests that this understanding might also help us comprehend and confront the water crisis that is coming to a head in the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher. Waters / Cultures -- Bathing and domination in the early modern Atlantic world -- Policing waters and baths in eighteenth century Mexico City -- Enlightenment science of mineral springs -- Groundwater and hydraulic opulence in the late nineteenth century -- Chemistry, biology and the heterogeneity of modern waters -- Dispossession and bottling after the revolution -- Spa tourism in twentieth century Mexico -- Virtuous waters in the twenty first century. Casey Walsh. Includes bibliographical references and index. Mineral waters Mexico Mexico City Baths Mexico Mexico City History Groundwater Mexico Mexico City Water Mexico Mexico City History Water resources development Mexico Mexico City 21st century Water-supply Mexico Mexico City 21st century Mexico Mexico City SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General 2000-2099 fast RM674 .W35 2018 615.8/53 Virtuous waters Walsh, Casey. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] (DLC) 2017054276 (OCoLC)1013524757 0520291735 9780520965393 9780520291737 0520965396 2017054276 22573/ctt223sfmh JSTOR http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt2204r3b SA7 180319 20260728172633.4 in00004033515 eng