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Environmental imaginaries of the Middle East and North Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Diana K. Davis and Edmund Burke III ; with an afterword by Timothy Mitchell
| Environmental imaginaries of the Middle East and North Africa [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Diana K. Davis and Edmund Burke III ; with an afterword by Timothy Mitchell |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.20956 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
DavisDiana K
BurkeEdmund <1940-> MitchellTimothy <1955-> |
| Collana | Ohio University Press series in ecology and history |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Middle East - History
Human ecology - Africa, North - History |
| ISBN | 0-8214-4425-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Imperialism, Orientalism, and the Environment in the Middle East : History, Policy, Power, and Practice / Diana K. Davis -- "A Rebellion of Technology" : Development, Policing, and the British Arabian Imaginary / Priya Satia -- Restoring Roman Nature : French Identity and North African Environmental History / Diana K. Davis -- Body of Work : Water and Reimagining the Sahara in the Era of Decolonization / George R. Trumbull IV -- From the Bottom Up : The Nile, Silt, and Humans in Ottoman Egypt / Alan Mikhail -- Drafting a Map of Colonial Egypt : The 1902 Aswan Dam, Historical Imagination, and the Production of Agricultural Geography / Jennifer L. Derr -- Remapping the Nation, Critiquing the State : Environmental Narratives and Desert Land Reclamation in Egypt / Jeannie Sowers -- Salts, Soils, and (Un)Sustainabilities? Analyzing Narratives of Environmental Change in Southeastern Turkey / Leila M. Harris -- Hydro-Imaginaries and the Construction of the Political Geography of the Jordan River : The Johnston Mission, 1953/56 / Samer Alatout -- Environmentalism Deferred : Nationalisms and Israeli/Palestinian Imaginaries / Shaul Cohen. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457847403321 |
| Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water on sand [[electronic resource] ] : environmental histories of the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail
| Water on sand [[electronic resource] ] : environmental histories of the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 304.20956 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MikhailAlan <1979-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Environment and ecology - Human ecology - Middle East - History
Human ecology - Africa, North - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-19-987757-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453188303321 |
| New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water on sand [[electronic resource] ] : environmental histories of the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail
| Water on sand [[electronic resource] ] : environmental histories of the Middle East and North Africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 304.20956 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MikhailAlan <1979-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Environment and ecology - Human ecology - Middle East - History
Human ecology - Africa, North - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-19-987757-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779758003321 |
| New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water on sand : environmental histories of the middle east and north africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail
| Water on sand : environmental histories of the middle east and north africa / / edited by Alan Mikhail |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 304.20956 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MikhailAlan <1979-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Middle East - History
Human ecology - Africa, North - History |
| ISBN | 0-19-987757-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818156703321 |
| New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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