03724nam 22008172 450 991082733290332120151005020622.01-139-06861-X1-139-06413-41-107-22203-61-139-07093-20-511-97722-01-139-07665-51-283-11288-41-139-08120-997866131128801-139-08347-31-139-07893-32027/heb31445(CKB)2670000000092273(EBL)692000(OCoLC)726734817(SSID)ssj0000524386(PQKBManifestationID)11327021(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524386(PQKBWorkID)10546757(PQKB)10615447(UkCbUP)CR9780511977220(Au-PeEL)EBL692000(CaPaEBR)ebr10470757(CaONFJC)MIL311288(MiAaPQ)EBC692000(dli)HEB31445(MiU)MIU01000000000000012932159(EXLCZ)99267000000009227320101013d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNature and empire in Ottoman Egypt an environmental history /Alan Mikhail[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2011.1 online resource (xxv, 347 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Studies in environment and historyTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-64018-0 1-107-00876-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- empire by nature -- Watering the earth -- The food chain -- The framework of empire -- In working order -- From nature to disease -- Another Nile -- Conclusion -- the imagination and reality of public works.In one of the first ever environmental histories of the Ottoman Empire, Alan Mikhail examines relations between the empire and its most lucrative province of Egypt. Based on both the local records of various towns and villages in rural Egypt and the imperial orders of the Ottoman state, this book charts how changes in the control of natural resources fundamentally altered the nature of Ottoman imperial sovereignty in Egypt and throughout the empire. In revealing how Egyptian peasants were able to use their knowledge and experience of local environments to force the hand of the imperial state, Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt tells a story of the connections of empire stretching from canals in the Egyptian countryside to the palace in Istanbul, from the forests of Anatolia to the shores of the Red Sea, and from a plague flea's bite to the fortunes of one of the most powerful states of the early modern world.Studies in environment and history.Nature & Empire in Ottoman EgyptHuman ecologyEgyptHuman beingsEffect of environment onEgyptIrrigationSocial aspectsEgyptTechnology and civilizationEgyptHistory1517-1882Human ecologyHuman beingsEffect of environment onIrrigationSocial aspectsTechnology and civilization.304.20962HIS026000bisacshMikhail Alan1979-479792UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910827332903321Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt1886153UNINA