The arid lands : history, power, knowledge / Diana K. Davis.
"Deserts are commonly imagined as barren, defiled, worthless places, wastelands in need of development. This understanding has fueled extensive anti-desertification efforts—a multimillion-dollar global campaign driven by perceptions of a looming crisis. In this book, Diana Davis argues that est...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2016] ©2016. |
| Series: | History for a sustainable future.
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Table of Contents:
- Deserts, dogma, and dryland development policy
- Strange, wonderful, and scary : deserts in the classical, early Christian, and medieval worlds
- Exploration, desiccation, and improvement
- Imperialism and the desert blame game
- The twentieth century : desertification comes of age
- Conclusion: Embracing variability in the twenty-first century.