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The Baltic: A History
Michael North
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Description for The Baltic: A History
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 694.
In this overview of the Baltic region from the Vikings to the European Union, Michael North presents the sea and the lands that surround it as a Nordic Mediterranean, a maritime zone of shared influence, with its own distinct patterns of trade, cultural exchange, and conflict. Covering over a thousand years in a part of the world where seas have been much more connective than land, The Baltic: A History transforms the way we think about a body of water too often ignored in studies of the world's major waterways. The Baltic lands have been populated since ... Read more
In this overview of the Baltic region from the Vikings to the European Union, Michael North presents the sea and the lands that surround it as a Nordic Mediterranean, a maritime zone of shared influence, with its own distinct patterns of trade, cultural exchange, and conflict. Covering over a thousand years in a part of the world where seas have been much more connective than land, The Baltic: A History transforms the way we think about a body of water too often ignored in studies of the world's major waterways. The Baltic lands have been populated since ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
693g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674970830
SKU
V9780674970830
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-14
About Michael North
Michael North is Professor and Chair of Modern History at the University of Greifswald, Germany.
Reviews for The Baltic: A History
The book shines when the author writes about the region's cultural history, particularly in medieval times...North's book provides a valuable service in underlining the centrality of the Baltic region to Europe's past. The way things are going, it may determine the continent's future, too.
(05/22/2015) Virtually no aspect of this long story is neglected. All the various major Baltic capitals ... Read more
(05/22/2015) Virtually no aspect of this long story is neglected. All the various major Baltic capitals ... Read more