The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870
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The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870 by Faruk Tabak
Integrating the story of the western and eastern Mediterranean-from Genoa and the Habsburg empire to Venice and the Ottoman and Byzantine empires-Tabak unveils the complex process of devolution and regeneration that brought about the eclipse of the Mediterranean.
Insightful, incisive, and fascinating.. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. Choice 2008 This extremely ambitious volume attempts to provide a comprehensive portrait of the transformation of the Mediterranean's economy during its traditionally acknowledged decline. -- Maria Fusaro International Journal of Maritime History 2008 This book is worthy of study for anyone interested in what preceded the modern period in the mediterranean -- Raymond C. Ewing Mediterranean Quarterly 2009 An impressive feat of scholarship and a new milestone in the ongoing historiography and debate about the interconnected histories of the lands around the Mediterranean basin. -- Adam Franklin-Lyons Sixteenth Century Journal 2010
Faruk Tabak (1954-2008) was Ertegun Assistant Professor of Modern Turkish Studies at Georgetown University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801887208 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801887208 |
| Titre | The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870 |
| Auteur | Faruk Tabak |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Année de publication | 2008-04-07 |
| Nombre de pages | 448 |
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