Shifting Sands: A Human History of the Sahara - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541607118ISBN-10:1541607112UPC:9781541607118Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Africa, Middle East, WorldSize:9.30 x 6.20 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCBH79AA5Z
Shifting Sands: A Human History of the Sahara
An expansive history of the Sahara from prehistory to the present that shows how Saharans have, over time, built complex and cosmopolitan lives despite scarcity, conquest, and the relentless challenges of the desert environment What comes to mind when we think about the Sahara? Rippling sand dunes, sun-blasted expanses, camel drivers and their caravans perhaps. Or famine, climate change, civil...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541607118ISBN-10:1541607112UPC:9781541607118Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Africa, Middle East, WorldSize:9.30 x 6.20 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCBH79AA5Z
Judith Scheele is professor of social anthropology at the ?cole des hautes ?tudes en sciences sociales (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, EHESS). She has spent almost two decades living in and researching Saharan societies. The author of three previous books, she now lives in Marseille, France.
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