The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550-1870: A Geohistorical Approach
Insightful, incisive, and fascinating... Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.(Choice)This extremely ambitious volume attempts to provide a comprehensive portrait of the transformation of the Mediterranean's economy during its traditionally acknowledged decline.(Maria FusaroInternational Journal of Maritime History)This book is worthy of study for anyone interested in what preceded the modern period in the mediterranean(Raymond C. EwingMediterranean Quarterly)An impressive feat of scholarship and a new milestone in the ongoing historiography and debate about the interconnected histories of the lands around the Mediterranean basin.(Adam Franklin—LyonsSixteenth Century Journal)