For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean. This book reconstructs the... Læs mere
This innovative atlas uses a range of colourful maps, charts, and regional profiles to argue that the international community needs to think beyond the... Læs mere
This book analyses multiculturalism and state-building in contemporary Afghanistan. It explores how modern state construction in twentieth-century... Læs mere
This major new environmental history of the Mediterranean explores the changing relations between the natural world and human cultures in the region from the end of the last ice age.
The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Cambridgeshire by T. McKenny Hughes and Mary Caroline Hughes was... Læs mere
The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Dumbartonshire by F. Mort was first published in 1920 and contains... Læs mere
The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Moray and Nairn by Charles Matheson was first published in 1915 and... Læs mere
Surveys the globe, from London and Cape Town to New York and Beijing, contending that regions rise - or fall - due to their location, not only within nations but also on the world map.
This study explores the patterns of international conflict and co-operation in four geographical subsystems: the Horn of Africa, the... Læs mere
Offering sea-level access through the Adirondacks, the Hudson River once helped the country's largest and most innovative iron, cotton, and ship manufacturers send their goods... Læs mere