Title: Nature of Mediterranean Europe
Description: "Mediterranean Europe--southern Portugal and Spain, France, Italy, the Balkans, Greece, and the Mediterranean islands--is often interpreted as a 'Lost Eden', once verdant and fertile, then progressively degraded and desertified by human mismanagement and the ignorance and folly of successive civilizations. In this engaging book, two distinguished scholars challange this pessimistic view"--Back cover.
Subjects: Ecology, History