Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt
Subtitle: an environmental history
By: Alan Mikhail
Series: Studies in environment and history; Studies in environment and history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9781107008762
Subjects: Effect of environment on; Irrigation; Technology and civilization; Human beings; Human ecology; History
Description: "In the first ever environmental history of Ottoman Egypt, Alan Mikhail brings to life the complex relationships between Egyptians, their rural world along the Nile, and the Ottoman Empire. This detailed account of irrigation, grain cultivation, the movement of wood, disease, and labor challenges many longstanding ideas in both Ottoman and Egyptian history while at the same time demonstrating how environmental history offers new ways of thinking about the Middle East. This path braking book should be read by all those with interests in the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, environmental history, and early modern history"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-330) and index.