TY - BOOK AU - Mikhail,Alan TI - Under Osman's tree: the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and environmental history SN - 9780226427201 AV - GF13 .U534 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Chicago, London PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Human ecology KW - Egypt KW - History KW - Middle East KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1463695&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -