Resurrecting the granary of Rome : environmental history and French colonial expansion in North Africa / Diana K. Davis.

Author/creator Davis, Diana K.
Format Book
Publication InfoAthens : Ohio University Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxv, 296 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Human ecology--Africa, North. --History.
Desertification--Africa, North.
Deforestation--Africa, North.
Africa, North--Environmental conditions.
Africa, North--History. --1517-1882.
Africa, North--History. --1882-.
France--Colonies. --Africa. --History.
France--Colonies. --Africa. --Economic policy.

SeriesOhio University Press series in ecology and history
Ohio University Press series in ecology and history. ^A472496
Contents Imperial stories and empirical evidence -- Nature, empire, and narrative origins, 1830-48 -- Idealism, capitalism, and the development of the narrative, 1848-70 -- Triumph of the narrative, 1871-1918 -- Narrative, science, policy, and practice, 1919 to independence -- Decolonization, the colonial narrative, and environmental policy today.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-288) and index.
LCCN 2007007032
ISBN9780821417515 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0821417517 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780821417522 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0821417525 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GF702 .D38 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold