The arid lands : history, power, knowledge / / Diana K. Davis
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| Autore: |
Davis Diana K.
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| Titolo: |
The arid lands : history, power, knowledge / / Diana K. Davis
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2016] |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 577.54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Deserts |
| Deserts - History | |
| Arid regions | |
| Desert ecology | |
| Desert resources development | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | ENVIRONMENT/General |
| HUMANITIES/History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Deserts, Dogma, and Dryland Development Policy; 2 Deserts in the Classical, Early Christian, and Medieval Worlds; 3 Exploration, Desiccation, and Improvement; 4 Imperialism and the Desert Blame Game; 5 The Twentieth Century; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Index; Color Plates |
| Sommario/riassunto: | An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The arid lands |
| ISBN: | 0-262-33354-6 |
| 0-262-33353-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821208603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
History for a sustainable future.