Environmental imaginaries of the Middle East and North Africa
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. Embedded in these portrayals is the common...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Ohio University Press
c2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Ohio University Press series in ecology and history.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655436806719 |
| 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. Embedded in these portrayals is the common belief that the environment, in most places, has been deforested and desertified by centuries of misuse. It is precisely such orientalist environmental imaginaries, increasingly undermined by contemporary ecological data, that the eleven authors in this volume question. This is the first volume to |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821444252 |
