Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. NOTES FOR THE READER vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 Upland Empire 23
6. 2 The Stench of Progress 56
7. 3 Second Nature in the Second Egypt 94
8. 4 Fallowed Years 139
9. 5 A Modern Life of Transhumance 180
10. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 231
11. ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES 235
12. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 237
13. NOTES 241
14. INDEX 311