Mikhail, Alan,  1979- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226427201 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human ecology--Egypt.<br/>Human ecology--History.<br/>Human ecology--Middle East.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GF13  / .U534 2017