LEADER 04445nam 2200481Ia 450 001 9910818156703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-987757-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001064197 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24668195 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1073470 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001064197 100 $a20120611d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aWater on sand $eenvironmental histories of the middle east and north africa /$fedited by Alan Mikhail 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (352 p. ) $cill 311 $a0-19-976866-8 311 $a1-299-67444-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-307) and index. 327 $aCover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction-Middle East Environmental History: The Fallow between Two Fields -- 1. The Eccentricity of the Middle East and North Africa's Environmental History -- 2. History and Animal Energy in the Arid Zone -- 3. The Little Ice Age Crisis of the Ottoman Empire: A Conjuncture in Middle East Environmental History -- 4. Fish and Fishermen in Ottoman Istanbul -- 5. Plague and Environment in Late Ottoman Egypt -- 6. Through an Ocean of Sand: Pastoralism and the Equestrian Culture of the Eurasian Steppe -- 7. Enclosing Nature in North Africa: National Parks and the Politics of Environmental History -- 8. Building the Past: Rockscapes and the Aswan High Dam in Egypt -- 9. The Rise and Decline of Environmentalism in Lebanon -- 10. State of Nature: The Politics of Water in the Making of Saudi Arabia -- 11. Expanding the Nile's Watershed: The Science and Politics of Land Reclamation in Egypt -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. 330 $aMaking environmental history accessible to scholars of the Middle East and the history of the region accessible to environmental historians, this book opens up new fields of scholarly inquiry. 330 $bFrom Morocco to Iran and the Black Sea to the Red, Water on Sand rewrites the history of the Middle East and North Africa from the Little Ice Age to the Cold War. As the first holistic environmental history of the region over the last half millennium, it shows the intimate connections between peoples and environments and how these relationships shaped political, economic, and social history in startling and unforeseen ways. Nearly all political powers in the region based their rule on the management and control of natural resources, and nearly all individuals were in constant communion with the natural world. To grasp how these multiple histories were central to the pasts of the Middle East and North Africa, the chapters in this book evidence the power of environmental history to open up new avenues of historical research and understanding. Water on Sand furthermore traces how the Middle East and North Africa deeply affected the global histories of climate, disease, trade, energy, environmental politics, ecological manipulation, and much more. Lying at the intersection of three continents and as many seas, the Middle East has obviously been central to world history for millennia. Studying the ecological implications of these global connections, both for the region itself and for the rest of the world, helps to bring the Middle East and North Africa into global history and to show how the region must be an essential part of any understanding of the environments of Eurasia over the last five hundred years. Deeply researched, globally comparative, and highly provocative, Water on Sand represents both a new kind of Middle Eastern history and a new kind of environmental history. 606 $aHuman ecology$zMiddle East$xHistory 606 $aHuman ecology$zAfrica, North$xHistory 607 $aMiddle East$xEnvironmental conditions 607 $aAfrica, North$xEnvironmental conditions 615 0$aHuman ecology$xHistory. 615 0$aHuman ecology$xHistory. 676 $a304.20956 701 $aMikhail$b Alan$f1979-$0479792 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818156703321 996 $aWater on sand$93937581 997 $aUNINA