Locusts of Power

ISBN-13: 9781009200318 / Twarda / 2023 / 336 str.

Massachusetts) Dolbee Samuel (Harvard University

Opis

New environmental history of borders and empire in the Middle East that centers locusts and people in motion from c1858–1939.

Recenzje

'In this deeply empirical and eloquent book, Samuel Dolbee offers a history of a part of the Middle East that scholars have missed (or ignored)-the Jazira. Following Dolbee following locusts across this landscape opens up modes of political and environmental analyses that point the way for future studies.' Alan Mikhail, Yale University

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Sultans of the open lands (1858–1890); 2. 'Savage swarms' (1890–1908); 3. 'Weren't we a lot like those creatures?' (1908–1918); 4. 'Like swarms of locusts' (1918–1939); Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.