States of cultivation imperial transition and scientific agriculture in the eastern Mediterranean Imperial transition and scientific agriculture in the eastern Mediterranean Williams, Elizabeth R. (Elizabeth Rachel) creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. cau 2023 monographic eng remote 1 online resource. Provincial legibility and ecologies of extraction : agrarian networks and the making of late Ottoman rural state space -- "Agriculture from a book" : "scientific" agriculture in the Ottoman eastern Mediterranean -- The trials and tribulations of tractors : from Ottoman provinces to French mandate states -- The politics of agricultural expertise and education : exerting rural influence under the French mandate -- Of mice, Sunn bugs, drought, and taxation : the pests of mandate rural administration and the crisis of the 1930s. Elizabeth R. Williams. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-sy--- a-le--- Agriculture and state Syria History 20th century Agriculture and state Lebanon History 20th century Agricultural innovations Syria History 20th century Agricultural innovations Lebanon History 20th century Imperialism and science Syria History 20th century Imperialism and science Lebanon History 20th century Syria History French occupation, 1918-1946 Lebanon History French occupation, 1918-1946 French Occupation of Lebanon (Lebanon : 1918-1946) fast (OCoLC)fst01353133 French Occupation of Syria (Syria : 1918-1946) fast (OCoLC)fst01353135 1900-1999 fast HD2057.5.Z8 W54 2023 338.1/85691 States of cultivation Williams, Elizabeth R. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2023 (DLC) 2022043708 Stanford Ottoman world series 9781503635937 1503635937 9781503634688 2022043709 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8305949 NhCcYBP 220911 20231113141003.8 in00004752211