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The animal in Ottoman Egypt / Alan Mikhail.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mikhail, Alan, 1979-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals and civilization--Egypt.
- Animals and civilization.
- Human-animal relationships--Egypt.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Egypt--History--1517-1882.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (332 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Animals in rural Egypt became enmeshed in social relationships and made possible many tasks otherwise impossible. Rather than focus on what animals represented or symbolized, Mikhail discusses their social and economic functions, as Ottoman Egypt cannot be understood without acknowledging animals as central shapers of the early modern world.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Three Species; Introduction: Cephalopods in the Nile; PART ONE: BURDENED AND BEASTLY; 1. Early Modern Human and Animal; 2. Unleashing the Beast; PART TWO: BARK AND BITE; 3. In-Between; 4. Evolution in the Streets; PART THREE: CHARISMA AND CAPITAL; 5. Enchantment; 6. Encagement; Conclusion: The Human Ends; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 24, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-931529-9
- 0-19-931527-2
- 0-19-931528-0
- OCLC:
- 859382727
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