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Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt : an environmental history / Alan Mikhail.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mikhail, Alan, 1979-
- Series:
- Studies in environment and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human ecology--Egypt.
- Human ecology.
- Human beings--Effect of environment on--Egypt.
- Human beings.
- Irrigation--Social aspects--Egypt.
- Irrigation.
- Technology and civilization.
- Irrigation--Social aspects.
- Human beings--Effect of environment on.
- Egypt--History--1517-1882.
- Egypt.
- History.
- Local Subjects:
- History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxv, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [England] New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "In the first ever environmental history of Ottoman Egypt, Alan Mikhail brings to life the complex relationships between Egyptians, their rural world along the Nile, and the Ottoman Empire. This detailed account of irrigation, grain cultivation, the movement of wood, disease, and labor challenges many longstanding ideas in both Ottoman and Egyptian history while at the same time demonstrating how environmental history offers new ways of thinking about the Middle East. This path braking book should be read by all those with interests in the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, environmental history, and early modern history."
- Contents:
- Introduction: Empire by Nature
- 1. Watering the Earth
- 2. The Food Chain
- 3. The Framework of Empire
- 4. In Working Order
- 5. From Nature to Disease
- 6. Another Nile; Conclusion: The Imagination and Reality of Public Works
- Appendix: Citations for Cases Included in Tables 2.1-2.4
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mikhail, Alan, 1979- Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt.
- ISBN:
- 9781139083478
- 1139083473
- 9780511977220
- 0511977220
- OCLC:
- 726734817
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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