The waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870 : a geohistorical approach / Faruk Tabak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tabak, Faruk, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography--Mediterranean Region--History.

Human geography.

Human ecology--Mediterranean Region--History.

Human ecology.

Mediterranean Region--History.

Mediterranean Region.

Mediterranean Region--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (443 p.)

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Unrelieved Weight of Wealth in the Inner Sea; PART I: OF CITIES OF SAINTS AND RICH TRADES; 1 Empires and Empire-Building City-States; 2 City-States and the Inner Sea; 3 Eclipse of the City-States and the Resurfacing of the Mediterranean; PART II: OF MALARIAL PLAINS AND ARBOREAL HILLS; 4 Reversal in the Fortunes of the Plains; 5 New World of the Hills; Conclusion: The Mediterranean between the Leek-Green Sea and the Green Sea; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-415) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-0260-2

OCLC:

794701458