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008 101103s2011 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010047013
020 $a9781107008762 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn678924723
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050 00 $aGF711$b.M55 2011
082 00 $a304.20962$222
084 $aHIS026000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMikhail, Alan,$d1979-
245 10 $aNature and empire in Ottoman Egypt :$ban environmental history /$cAlan Mikhail.
260 $aCambridge [England]$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
300 $axxv, 347 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aStudies in environment and history
520 $a"In the first ever environmental history of Ottoman Egypt, Alan Mikhail brings to life the complex relationships between Egyptians, their rural world along the Nile, and the Ottoman Empire. This detailed account of irrigation, grain cultivation, the movement of wood, disease, and labor challenges many longstanding ideas in both Ottoman and Egyptian history while at the same time demonstrating how environmental history offers new ways of thinking about the Middle East. This path braking book should be read by all those with interests in the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, environmental history, and early modern history"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-330) and index.
650 0 $aHuman ecology$zEgypt.
650 0 $aHuman beings$xEffect of environment on$zEgypt.
650 0 $aIrrigation$xSocial aspects$zEgypt.
651 0 $aEgypt$xHistory$y1517-1882.
650 0 $aTechnology and civilization.
830 0 $aStudies in environment and history.