Water on Sand Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa

Name: Water on Sand Environmental Histories of the Middle East and North Africa
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ISBN: 9780199768660

ISBN-10: 0199768668

ISBN-13: 9780199768660

Edition: 2012

Authors: Alan Mikhail

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From Morocco to Iran and the Black Sea to the Red, Water on Sand rewrites the history of the Middle East and North Africa from the Little Ice Age to the Cold War. As the first holistic environmental history of the region over the last half millennium, it shows the intimate connections between peoples and environments and how these relationships shaped political, economic, and social history in startling and unforeseen ways. Nearly all political powers in the region based their rule on the management and control of natural resources, and nearly all individuals were in constant communion with the natural world. To grasp how these multiple histories were central to the pasts of the Middle East…

Book details

List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.29" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Contributors


Introduction-Middle East Environmental History: The Fallow between Two Fields




The Eccentricity of the Middle East and North Africa's Environmental History




History and Animal Energy in the Arid Zone




The Little Ice Age Crisis of the Ottoman Empire: A Conjuncture in Middle East Environmental History




Fish and Fishermen in Ottoman Istanbul




Plague and Environment in Late Ottoman Egypt




Through an Ocean of Sand: Pastoralism and the Equestrian Culture of the Eurasian Steppe




Enclosing Nature in North Africa: National Parks and the Politics of Environmental History




Building the Past: Rockscapes and the Aswan High Dam in Egypt




The Rise and Decline of Environmentalism in Lebanon




State of Nature: The Politics of Water in the Making of Saudi Arabia




Expanding the Nile's Watershed: The Science and Politics of Land Reclamation in Egypt



Bibliography


Index