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“Oriental Plague” in the Middle Eastern Landscape: A Cautionary Tale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2010

Aaron Shakow
Aaron Shakow*
Affiliation:
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; e-mail: ashakow@post.harvard.edu
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Extract

As environmental history migrates to the Middle East there is natural excitement about new research methods such as molecular biology and soil science. But the Braudelian project of describing “man in his intimate relationship to the earth which bears and feeds him” may be complicated by echoes of the region's literary past.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , November 2010 , pp. 660 - 662
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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