[PDF.78fb] Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt: An Environmental History (Studies in Environment and History)

Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt: An Environmental History (Studies in Environment and History)

[PDF.he69] Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt: An Environmental History (Studies in Environment and History)

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 | #1265944 in Books |  Cambridge University Press |  2012-11-19 |  2013-01-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.98 x.87 x5.98l,1.05 | File type: PDF | 382 pages

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||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Solid environmental history|By E. N. Anderson|After reading a series of dull and uninsightful monographs on environment and on the Near East, I found this book with enormous relief. It's a really good, solid, documented study of Ottoman Egypt. Mikhail covers irrigation and food in particular, and is well aware of the important recent literature on irrigation management in tra| |"This book adds an important new dimension to the historiography of Ottoman Egypt. The author makes very intelligent use of Ottoman administrative documents and Muslim court records from a variety of Egyptian locales in order to situate this critical region wi

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 Egyp...

You easily download any file type for your device.Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt: An Environmental History (Studies in Environment and History)   |  Alan Mikhail.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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