Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt An Environmental History

Name: Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt An Environmental History
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ISBN: 9781107640184

ISBN-10: 1107640180

ISBN-13: 9781107640184

Edition: 2013

Authors: Alan Mikhail

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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 charts how changes in the control of natural resources fundamentally altered the nature of Ottoman imperial sovereignty in Egypt and throughout the empire. In revealing how Egyptian peasants were able to use their knowledge and experience of local environments to force the hand of the imperial state, Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt tells a story of the connections of empire stretching from…

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List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



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


Appendix - citations for cases included in tables 2.1 to 2.4


Bibliography


Index