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Mallorca : the making of the landscape / Richard J. Buswell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buswell, R. J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscapes--Spain--Majorca--History.
- Landscapes.
- Human ecology--Spain--Majorca--History.
- Human ecology.
- Majorca (Spain)--History.
- Majorca (Spain).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Dunedin, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Professor Buswell describes the elements that together form Mallorca's contemporary landscape. Well-illustrated with maps and photographs, this book should be read by all who are inquisitive about what they see around them when they visit the island.
- Contents:
- Title page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1_Introduction: Mallorca and landscape history; 2_Mallorca and the Mediterranean; 3_The physical basis of the landscape; 4_Prehistoric Mallorca - early human imprint; 5_Roman and other empires in Mallorca: limited landscapes; 6_The landscape of the Muslims, 902-1229; 7_Medieval Mallorca, 1229-1519; 8_Early modern Mallorca, 1520-1820; 9_The long nineteenth century, 1820-1920: the beginning of modernisation; 10_A beggar's mantle fringed with gold - Mallorca 1920-55; 11_Mass tourism and the landscape - Mallorca 1955-2011
- 12_Reflections on a theme of landscape changeNotes; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-240) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781780466811
- 1780466811
- 9781903544563
- 1903544564
- OCLC:
- 1048615444
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