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Water and power: Reintegrating the state into the study of Egyptian irrigation
dc.contributor.authorHaug, Brendan
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-23T17:31:54Z
dc.date.available2018-12-03T15:34:05Zen
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.identifier.citationHaug, Brendan (2017). "Water and power: Reintegrating the state into the study of Egyptian irrigation." History Compass 15(10): n/a-n/a.
dc.identifier.issn1478-0542
dc.identifier.issn1478-0542
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/138919
dc.description.abstractThe study of irrigation in ancient Egypt has swung between two poles. Early environmental‐determinist scholarship stressed the imperative of state control while the most recent work denies the state any significant role and instead emphasizes the agency of local communities. This article briefly explores the historiography of Egyptian irrigation, critiquing both its colonialist roots and the extreme reaction against colonialist preconceptions that marks current scholarship. A case study of Roman state coordination is then presented as an argument for reintegrating the state into the history of Egyptian water management.
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.publisherCairo
dc.titleWater and power: Reintegrating the state into the study of Egyptian irrigation
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelHistory (General)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHumanities
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/hic3.12394
dc.identifier.sourceHistory Compass
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