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The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean world in the age of Philip II
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Uniform Title
Méditerranée et le monde méditerranéen à l'époque de Philippe II. English
Title
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean world in the age of Philip II / Fernand Braudel ; translated from the French by Siân Reynolds.
ISBN
9780520203082
0520203089
9780520203303
0520203305
Published
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [1995]
Physical Description
2 volumes (1,375 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Notes
"First published in France ... 1949, second revised edition, 1966"--Title page verso.
Summary
The focus of Fernand Braudel's great work is the Mediterranean world in the second half of the sixteenth century, but Braudel ranges back in history to the world of Odysseus and forward to our time, moving out from the Mediterranean area to the New World and other destinations of Mediterranean traders. Braudel's scope embraces the natural world and material life, economics, demography, politics, and diplomacy.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 17, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
V. 1. The role of the environment. The peninsulas : mountains, plateaux, and plains ; The heart of the Mediterranean : seas and coasts ; Boundaries : the greater Mediterranean ; The Mediterranean as a physical unit : climate and history ; The Mediterranean as a human unit : communications and cities
Collective destinies and general trends. Economies : the measure of the century ; Economies : precious metals, money, and prices ; Economies : trade and transport.
V. 2. Collective destinies and general trends (continued). Empires ; Societies ; Civilizations ; The forms of war ; By way of conclusion : conjuncture and conjunctures
Events, politics and people. 1550-1559 : war and peace in Europe ; The last six years of Turkish supremacy : 1559-1565 ; Origins of the Holy League : 1566-1570 ; Lepanto ; Turco-Spanish peace treaties : 1577-1584 ; Out of the limelight : the Mediterranean after 1580.
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History.
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