Hidden Waters
Subtitle: Groundwater Histories of Iran and the Mediterranean
By: Abigail E. Schade
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.?]
Language: eng
Description: This dissertation in environmental history is concerned with human landscapes of groundwater extraction. Using temporal and spatial comparison, it examines the role of groundwater tunnel-wells and human understandings of groundwater availability in the Western Desert of Egypt; the Balearic Islands of Spain; and Iran. In an Epilogue and final chapter, it examines conceptions of 20th-century expertise for environmental knowledge and economic development.
Notes: Department: History.

Thesis advisor: Richard W. Bulliet.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2011.