Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt an environmental history
In one of the first ever environmental histories of the Ottoman Empire, Alan Mikhail examines relations between the empire and its most lucrative province of Egypt. Based on both the local records of various towns and villages in rural Egypt and the imperial orders of the Ottoman state, this book ch...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011
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| Series: | Studies in environment and history
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- empire by nature
- Watering the earth
- The food chain
- The framework of empire
- In working order
- From nature to disease
- Another Nile
- Conclusion
- the imagination and reality of public works