Water on sand : environmental histories of the middle east and north africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail
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| Titolo: |
Water on sand : environmental histories of the middle east and north africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (352 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 304.20956 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human ecology - Middle East - History |
| Human ecology - Africa, North - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Middle East Environmental conditions |
| Africa, North Environmental conditions | |
| Altri autori: |
MikhailAlan <1979->
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-307) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Making 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Water on sand |
| ISBN: | 0-19-987757-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818156703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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