Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Sheffield, Vermont, : Green Frigate Books, 2007
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (248 p.)
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Disciplina |
915.67
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Altri autori (Persone) |
FranceR. L (Robert Lawrence)
WheelerNik
NicholsonEmma
KhayyūnRashīd
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Soggetto topico |
Marsh Arabs - Iraq
Wetland ecology - Iraq
Genocide - Iraq
Cuneiform inscriptions
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Soggetto genere / forma |
Electronic books.
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ISBN |
1-927043-02-6
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword ""; ""Past-Present Ethno-Archaeological Linkages in Iraq�s Marshlands: Edward L. Ochsenschlager ""; ""Preface - Out of Time�s Abyss: Voices of Portent ""; ""Prologue of Yesterday - In the Garden of Earthly Delights: Eden Found ""; ""Introduction to Today - Wetlands of Mass Destruction: Paradise Lost ""; ""Album and Essays""; ""Part One: Water""; ""“A Swamp He Made Into Dry Land�""; ""“What the evil winds had sent hither�""; ""“Disturbed was the Tigris river� ""
""“The men�knew not water� """"“The water�has gone bad�""; ""“I shall weep for you, the pure Euphrates�""; ""Essay One:""; ""Witness to a Lost Landscape: The Marshes in the Mid-Seventies: Nik Wheeler ""; ""Part Two: Ecology""; ""“The Lord�s Word Kills the Marsh� ""; ""“I shall dig out reed thickets�""; ""“The earth�s outcry�""; ""“Not even a reed marsh was to be seen� ""; ""“The mantles of radiance were lost� ""; ""“In the fields the surface had become bad� ""; ""“My tears ran down my cheeks�""; ""Essay Two:""
""Human Rights Issues in the Iraqi Marshlands: A Case for Genocide: Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne """"Part Three: People""; ""“A Reed Pipe of Dirges� ""; ""“He plotted evil, to devastate the land, to destroy people� ""; ""“A day of doom� ""; ""“The dead outnumber the living�""; ""“Their hands have caught you�""; ""“The people scattered�""; ""“Laughter is become lament�""; ""Essay Three:""; ""Experiences and Hopes of the People of the Al-Ahwar Marshes: Rasheed Bander Al-Khayoun ""; ""Postscript for Tomorrow""; ""The End is Nay: Eden Restored ""
""Appendix""""Harvard University�s Collection of Near Eastern Artifacts and Archive of Early Marsh Arab Photographs""; ""Inscription and Quotation Key ""; ""Inscription Sources""; ""Photograph Key""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""About the Contributors ""
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