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Arid Empire
Book • 2023
In 'Arid Empire', Natalie Koch explores the exchange of colonial technologies between the Arabian Peninsula and the United States over the past two centuries.
This narrative history highlights how desert expertise from the Middle East was crucial for the colonization of the American Southwest, and how this exchange solidified American power in the Middle East.
The book reimagines deserts as political spaces where imperial ambitions unfold.
This narrative history highlights how desert expertise from the Middle East was crucial for the colonization of the American Southwest, and how this exchange solidified American power in the Middle East.
The book reimagines deserts as political spaces where imperial ambitions unfold.
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Mentioned by Stephen Dubner as the author of the book, which explores the complex relationship between Arizona and Arabia.
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578. Water, Water Everywhere — But You Have to Stop and Think
