01757cam a2200301 a 4500 OSt 20240530110425.0 101103s2012 ua ab f b 001 0 eng 2010047013 9789774165542 EG-CaGPL EG-CaGPL 21 953.0962 CC/M N Mikhail, Alan, 1979- Nature and empire in Ottoman Egypt : an environmental history / Alan Mikhail. Cambridge [England] New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. xxv, 344 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-330) and index. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Human ecology Egypt. Human beings Effect of environment on Egypt. Irrigation Social aspects Egypt. Technology and civilization. Egypt History 1517-1882. Studies in environment and history. ddc BK 60734 60734 0 0 ddc 0 0 CAI CAI 2015-03-23 0 953.0962 CC/M N 159842 2015-03-23 00:00:00 2015-03-23 BK