Publication

2011 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England, England

Language

English

Word Count

86,750 words, Guess

Page Count

347 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781107008762
  • Open LibraryOL24903381M

Classifications

  • DDC304.20962
  • LCCGF711 .M55 2011

Description

"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"--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Studies in environment and history

Other Editions

  • Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt: an environmental historyCambridge University Press2011-01-01

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