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Cultivating the Nile : the everyday politics of water in Egypt /
In this compelling ethnography, Jessica Barnes demonstrates how the waters of the Nile are constantly made and remade as a resource by people in and outside of Egypt. Looking at the practices of farmers, government bureaucrats, and NGO policymakers, she illuminates the range of political dynamics, s...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2014.
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| Collection: | New ecologies for the twenty-first century.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | In this compelling ethnography, Jessica Barnes demonstrates how the waters of the Nile are constantly made and remade as a resource by people in and outside of Egypt. Looking at the practices of farmers, government bureaucrats, and NGO policymakers, she illuminates the range of political dynamics, social relations, and technological interventions that must be incorporated into understandings of water and its management. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xvii, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822376217 0822376210 1322047472 9781322047478 |