LEADER 03724nam 22008172 450 001 9910827332903321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-139-06861-X 010 $a1-139-06413-4 010 $a1-107-22203-6 010 $a1-139-07093-2 010 $a0-511-97722-0 010 $a1-139-07665-5 010 $a1-283-11288-4 010 $a1-139-08120-9 010 $a9786613112880 010 $a1-139-08347-3 010 $a1-139-07893-3 024 7 $a2027/heb31445 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092273 035 $a(EBL)692000 035 $a(OCoLC)726734817 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524386 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11327021 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524386 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10546757 035 $a(PQKB)10615447 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511977220 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL692000 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10470757 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL311288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC692000 035 $a(dli)HEB31445 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012932159 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092273 100 $a20101013d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNature and empire in Ottoman Egypt $ean environmental history /$fAlan Mikhail$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xxv, 347 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in environment and history 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-64018-0 311 $a1-107-00876-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aIn one of the first ever environmental histories of the Ottoman Empire, Alan Mikhail examines relations between the empire and its most lucrative province of Egypt. Based on both the local records of various towns and villages in rural Egypt and the imperial orders of the Ottoman state, this book charts how changes in the control of natural resources fundamentally altered the nature of Ottoman imperial sovereignty in Egypt and throughout the empire. In revealing how Egyptian peasants were able to use their knowledge and experience of local environments to force the hand of the imperial state, Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt tells a story of the connections of empire stretching from canals in the Egyptian countryside to the palace in Istanbul, from the forests of Anatolia to the shores of the Red Sea, and from a plague flea's bite to the fortunes of one of the most powerful states of the early modern world. 410 0$aStudies in environment and history. 517 3 $aNature & Empire in Ottoman Egypt 606 $aHuman ecology$zEgypt 606 $aHuman beings$xEffect of environment on$zEgypt 606 $aIrrigation$xSocial aspects$zEgypt 606 $aTechnology and civilization 607 $aEgypt$xHistory$y1517-1882 615 0$aHuman ecology 615 0$aHuman beings$xEffect of environment on 615 0$aIrrigation$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTechnology and civilization. 676 $a304.20962 686 $aHIS026000$2bisacsh 700 $aMikhail$b Alan$f1979-$0479792 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827332903321 996 $aNature and empire in Ottoman Egypt$91886153 997 $aUNINA