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Environmental Imaginaries of the Middle East and North Africa.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Series in Ecology and History SeriesPublisher: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780821444252
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Environmental Imaginaries of the Middle East and North AfricaDDC classification:
  • 304.20956
LOC classification:
  • GF670 -- .E58 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Imperialism, Orientalism, and the Environment in the Middle East -- Chapter 1. "A Rebellion of Technology" -- Chapter 2. Restoring Roman Nature -- Chapter 3. Body of Work -- Chapter 4. From the Bottom Up -- Chapter 5. Drafting a Map of Colonial Egypt -- Chapter 6. Remapping the Nation, Critiquing the State -- Chapter 7. Salts, Soils, and (Un)Sustainabilities? -- Chapter 8. Hydro-Imaginaries and the Construction of the Political Geography of the Jordan River -- Chapter 9. Environmentalism Deferred -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: The landscapes of the Middle East have captured our imaginations throughout history. Images of endless golden dunes, camel caravans, isolated desert oases, and rivers lined with palm trees have often framed written and visual representations of the region.
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Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Imperialism, Orientalism, and the Environment in the Middle East -- Chapter 1. "A Rebellion of Technology" -- Chapter 2. Restoring Roman Nature -- Chapter 3. Body of Work -- Chapter 4. From the Bottom Up -- Chapter 5. Drafting a Map of Colonial Egypt -- Chapter 6. Remapping the Nation, Critiquing the State -- Chapter 7. Salts, Soils, and (Un)Sustainabilities? -- Chapter 8. Hydro-Imaginaries and the Construction of the Political Geography of the Jordan River -- Chapter 9. Environmentalism Deferred -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.

The landscapes of the Middle East have captured our imaginations throughout history. Images of endless golden dunes, camel caravans, isolated desert oases, and rivers lined with palm trees have often framed written and visual representations of the region.

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