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010 _a 2016035740
020 _a9780226427171
040 _aICU/DLC
_beng
_cNVIC
_erda
100 1 _aAlan Mikhail
245 1 0 _aUnder Osman's Tree:
_bThe Ottoman Empire, Egypt, and Environmental History
264 1 _aChicago;
_aLondon:
_bThe University of Chicago Press,
_c2017
300 _a336 p.,
_c23 cm
500 _aMissing, 2023.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _tPreface: Osman's tree --
_tIntroduction: the global environmental history of the Middle East --
_gWater.
_tIrrigation works --
_tHistory from below --
_tSilt and empire --
_gWork.
_tRural muscle --
_tExpert measures --
_gAnimal.
_tAnimal capital --
_tBrute force --
_gElemental.
_tFood and wood --
_tPlague ecologies --
_tEgypt, Iceland, SO2 --
_tConclusion: empire as ecosystem.
650 0 _aHuman ecology
_zEgypt
650 0 _aHuman ecology
_xHistory
650 0 _aHuman ecology
_zMiddle East
651 0 _aEgypt
_xHistory
_y1517-1882
651 0 _aTurkey
_xHistory
_yOttoman Empire (1288-1918)
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_cBK
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_d14218