Under Osman's tree : the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and environmental history /
Mikhail, Alan, 1979-
Under Osman's tree : the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and environmental history / Alan Mikhail. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Preface: Osman's tree -- Introduction: the global environmental history of the Middle East -- Irrigation works -- History from below -- Silt and empire -- Rural muscle -- Expert measures -- Animal capital -- Brute force -- Food and wood -- Plague ecologies -- Egypt, Iceland, SO2 -- Conclusion: empire as ecosystem.
9780226427201
Human ecology--Egypt.
Human ecology--History.
Human ecology--Middle East.
Electronic Books.
GF13 / .U534 2017
Under Osman's tree : the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and environmental history / Alan Mikhail. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Preface: Osman's tree -- Introduction: the global environmental history of the Middle East -- Irrigation works -- History from below -- Silt and empire -- Rural muscle -- Expert measures -- Animal capital -- Brute force -- Food and wood -- Plague ecologies -- Egypt, Iceland, SO2 -- Conclusion: empire as ecosystem.
9780226427201
Human ecology--Egypt.
Human ecology--History.
Human ecology--Middle East.
Electronic Books.
GF13 / .U534 2017