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The arid lands : history, power, knowledge / Diana K. Davis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: History for a sustainable futurePublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (xx, 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262333535
  • 0262333538
  • 9780262333542
  • 0262333546
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Arid lands.DDC classification:
  • 577.54 23
LOC classification:
  • QH88 .D384 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Deserts, Dogma, and Dryland Development Policy; 2 Deserts in the Classical, Early Christian, and Medieval Worlds; 3 Exploration, Desiccation, and Improvement; 4 Imperialism and the Desert Blame Game; 5 The Twentieth Century; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Index; Color Plates.
Summary: An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Deserts, Dogma, and Dryland Development Policy; 2 Deserts in the Classical, Early Christian, and Medieval Worlds; 3 Exploration, Desiccation, and Improvement; 4 Imperialism and the Desert Blame Game; 5 The Twentieth Century; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Index; Color Plates.

An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabitants must be empowered.

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