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From 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. The Western Mediterranean and the World 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 ...
This 6th edition of the Rome Guide leads you through both the historic and the modern city. This guide to Rome has been written and researched by people who live and work in the city. It looks at the city's heritage, art, architecture, and museums, plus the available entertainments and food. Information is given on opening times, admission prices and transport. It also provides ideas for itineraries - both inside and outside the city.
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Holt's book is the first in a new series that will emphasize the experience of children during different times and at different locales in the American past. In this book, Holt explores what life was like for youngsters who lived on the Great Plains in nineteenth-century frontier life.
Book provides in-depth information and reviews of city places and events and features a companion password-protected website which is continually updated. Password is printed in the book.
Folded map in plastic envelope in front of p. [3] of cover.