Black Sea /
This strikingly original book is about place and history - about the universe of the Black Sea, from Jason and the Golden Fleece to the fall of Communism and the new world disorder. What makes the Black Sea cultures distinctive, Ascherson argues, is the way their component parts came together over t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Hill and Wang,
1996.
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| Edition: | 1st Hill and Wang pbk. ed. |
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| Summary: | This strikingly original book is about place and history - about the universe of the Black Sea, from Jason and the Golden Fleece to the fall of Communism and the new world disorder. What makes the Black Sea cultures distinctive, Ascherson argues, is the way their component parts came together over the millennia to shape unique communities, languages, religions, and trade. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 305 pages : map ; 23 cm |
| Awards: | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, 1996 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0809015935 9780809015931 0809030438 9780809030439 |