The mountains of the mediterranean world : an environmental history / J.R. McNeill
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TextoSeries Studies in environment and historyDetalles de publicación: Cambridge : Cambridge University, 2002 Descripción: XIV, 423 p. : il. ; 23 cmISBN: 978-0-521-52288-5Tema(s): Montañas -- Mediterráneo (Región)Resumen: This book describes and analyses the environmental history of the mountain areas of the Mediterranean world, focusing on Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Morocco. The author examines the land and its people and concludes that great changes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries created the often barren and depopulated countrysides of today. These changes, he suggests, lie behind much of the social and political turbulence of modern times as mountain people came to terms with worsening conditions. Written in a lively style, the book is the first environmental history of the Mediterranean area.
| Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca de origen | Signatura | URL | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | Reserva de ítems |
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| Monografías | 06. BIBLIOTECA HUMANIDADES | 911.2(262)/MCN/mou (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | Texto completo | Prestado | 31/01/2025 | 3743116619 |
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Bibliografía: p. 359-417
This book describes and analyses the environmental history of the mountain areas of the Mediterranean world, focusing on Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Morocco. The author examines the land and its people and concludes that great changes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries created the often barren and depopulated countrysides of today. These changes, he suggests, lie behind much of the social and political turbulence of modern times as mountain people came to terms with worsening conditions. Written in a lively style, the book is the first environmental history of the Mediterranean area.
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