great sea human history von abulafia david, Erstausgabe (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Small tear to jacket. Jacket taped to book. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped ($34.95 price intact). Published by Oxford University Press, 2011. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 782 pages. ISBN: 9780195323344. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Unclipped d/e shelf-worn,numerous creases on front flap,some marks.Book blue boards,white lettering to spine,reading wear,contents clean. Please note this is a heavy book - 1.5 Kg - and would require extra shipping if posted outside the UK.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st printing of 1st edition. Hardcover with dust jacket in all-around very good condition. Interior appears free of markings. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Exterior looks very nice. Unclipped DJ also looks very nice. NOT ex-library. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. The book appears to be unread, very good condition, tightly bound, clean and free of markings. Dust jacket very good; unclipped. ; Illustrated; 783 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. xxxi + 783 pages 75 photos, maps : 24 cm. Blue cloth, dust-jacket in protective sleeve. 'This title is "Sunday Times" History Book of the Year. For over three thousand years, the Mediterranean Sea has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. From the time of historical Troy until the middle of the nineteenth century, human activity here decisively shaped much of the course of world history. David Abulafia's "The Great Sea" is the first complete history of the Mediterranean from the erection of the mysterious temples on Malta around 3500 BC to the recent reinvention of the Mediterranean's shores as a tourist destination. Part of the argument of Abulafia's book is that the great port cities - Alexandria, Trieste and Salonika and many others - prospered in part because of their ability to allow many different people, religions and identities to co-exist within sometimes very confined spaces. He also brilliantly populates his history with identifiable individuals whose lives illustrate with great immediacy the wider developments he is describing. "The Great Sea" ranges stupendously across time and the whole extraordinary space of the Mediterranean from Gibraltar to Jaffa, Venice to Alexandria. Rather than imposing a false unity on the sea and the teeming human activity it has sustained, the book emphasises diversity - ethnic, linguistic, religious and political.'.