{"product_id":"the-western-mediterranean-and-the-world-9781405188173","title":"The Western Mediterranean and the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Straits of Gibraltar to Sicily, the European northern Mediterranean nations to the shores of North Africa, the western Mediterranean is a unique cultural and sociopolitical entity which has had a singular role in shaping today's global society. \u003ci\u003eThe Western Mediterranean and the World\u003c\/i\u003e is the fascinating story of the rise of that peculiar world and of its evolution from the end of the Western Roman Empire to the present. Uniquely, rather than present the history of the region as a strict chronological progression, the author takes a thematic approach, telling his story through a series of vignettes, case studies, and original accounts so as to provide a more immediate sense of what life in and around the Mediterranean was like from the end of the Roman Empire in the West to the present immigration crisis now unfolding in Mediterranean waters. Emphasizing the development of religion and language and the enduring synergies and struggles between Christian, Jews, and Musli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Western Mediterranean: Sites of Encounter and Cultural Production 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Geography, History, and Cultural Contexts 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Imperatives of Geography and Climate: Sea and Land in the Western Mediterranean 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 History in the Mediterranean: From Unity to Fragmentation, circa 450 CE until the Early Modern World 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 History in the Mediterranean: The Making of the Modern World 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Religions of the Western Mediterranean: Unity and Fragmentation in the Religious History of the Sea 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Religions of the Western Mediterranean: Conversos and Renegades 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Language, Culture, and Community in the Western Mediterranean 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Mediterranean Encounters 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Encounters I: Traveling in the Western Mediterranean 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Encounters II: The Mediterranean as a Site of Conflict, Movement, and Encounter 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Between Two Worlds: Iberia, Sicily, Tunis, Algiers, and Marseille 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 On the Waters of the Western Mediterranean: Islands and Towns 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Epilogue: The Western Mediterranean and the World 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 335\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529338167639,"sku":"9781405188173","price":67.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405188173.jpg?v=1731875230","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-western-mediterranean-and-the-world-9781405188173","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}