This book takes a thematic approach to the global history of water, covering a wide range of human interactions with water and the ways in which it carries both life and death.

Ellen F. Arnold is a medieval environmental historian with a focus on religion and water and is a Senior Lecturer of History at The Ohio State University, USA. She is the author of Medieval Riverscapes (2024) and Negotiating the Landscape (2012), and the co-editor of the journal Water History.

1. Water and Religion 2. Dangerous Waters 3. Who Will Build It? 4. Waterworks 5. Drinking Water 6. Water Parks 7. Underwater Encounters 8. Water Scarcity