Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt : an environmental history /

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"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 challeng...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mikhail, Alan, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:Studies in environment and history.
Temas:
1517-1882
Human ecology > Egypt.
Human beings > Effect of environment on > Egypt.
Irrigation > Social aspects > Egypt.
Technology and civilization.
Écologie humaine > Égypte.
Êtres humains > Influence de l'environnement > Égypte.
Technologie et civilisation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Human beings > Effect of environment on
Human ecology
Irrigation > Social aspects
Technology and civilization
Umwelt
Geschichte
Osmanen (dynastie)
Milieu.
Technologie.
Egypt > History > 1517-1882.
Égypte > Histoire > 1517-1882.
Egypt
Ägypten
Egypte.
Osmaanse rijk.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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