Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt : an environmental history / Alan Mikhail.

9781139078931 (electronic bk.)
1139078933 (electronic bk.)
1283112884
9781283112888
9781107008762
110700876X

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

English

1 online resource (xxv, 347 pages) : illustrations, maps

GF711 .M55 2011eb

(OCoLC)727948490

"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"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Studies in environment and history.

Print version: Mikhail, Alan, 1979- Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011

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