Black Sea - Hardcover

Ascherson, Neal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809030438 ISBN 13: 9780809030439

Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub, 1995

Synopsis

An entertaining, compelling history of the legendary Black Sea, meeting point of Europe and Asia, documents the confrontations among Greeks, Turks, Russians, and other peoples that shaped the region's cultures, languages, and national identities.

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Review:

"A searching examination of the lands that ring the Black Sea and that were the scenes of some of the most ancient multicultural experiences of human history . . . rich both in historical data and in interpretation . . . with something to learn on every page. With ethnic conflicts much in the headlines, Mr. Ascherson's portrait of a place whose chief characteristic is the durability of its many ethnic identities comes at the right moment."--Richard Bernstein, "The New York Times "
"History and time and place flow together [in this] superb, encompassing story of the Black Sea region."--Mary Lee Settle, " Los Angeles Times"

"To say it at once: this is a superb book, beautifully written, evocative, learned, and deeply subtle."--Timothy Garton Ash, "The Times Literary Supplement"

"A beautifully written meditation on nationality, colonialism, nomadism and the settled life, which goes back to the beginning of the human world and traces the fortunes of the Aegean and Mediterranean traders who squeezed up through the Bosporus to do business with the steppe societies of the huge Black Sea hinterland."--Karl Miller, " San Francisco Review of Books"

"Brimming with . . . urgent argument: about culture, national identity, the misuse of history, archaeology, the co-existence of different peoples, the responsibility of intellectuals . . . not a boring or badly written paragraph in it."--Noel Malcolm, "The Sunday Telegraph "

A searching examination of the lands that ring the Black Sea and that were the scenes of some of the most ancient multicultural experiences of human history . . . rich both in historical data and in interpretation . . . with something to learn on every page. With ethnic conflicts much in the headlines, Mr. Ascherson's portrait of a place whose chief characteristic is the durability of its many ethnic identities comes at the right moment. "Richard Bernstein, The New York Times"

History and time and place flow together [in this] superb, encompassing story of the Black Sea region. "Mary Lee Settle, Los Angeles Times"

To say it at once: this is a superb book, beautifully written, evocative, learned, and deeply subtle. "Timothy Garton Ash, The Times Literary Supplement"

A beautifully written meditation on nationality, colonialism, nomadism and the settled life, which goes back to the beginning of the human world and traces the fortunes of the Aegean and Mediterranean traders who squeezed up through the Bosporus to do business with the steppe societies of the huge Black Sea hinterland. "Karl Miller, San Francisco Review of Books"

Brimming with . . . urgent argument: about culture, national identity, the misuse of history, archaeology, the co-existence of different peoples, the responsibility of intellectuals . . . not a boring or badly written paragraph in it. "Noel Malcolm, The Sunday Telegraph""

"A searching examination of the lands that ring the Black Sea and that were the scenes of some of the most ancient multicultural experiences of human history . . . rich both in historical data and in interpretation . . . with something to learn on every page. With ethnic conflicts much in the headlines, Mr. Ascherson's portrait of a place whose chief characteristic is the durability of its many ethnic identities comes at the right moment." --Richard Bernstein, The New York Times

"History and time and place flow together [in this] superb, encompassing story of the Black Sea region." --Mary Lee Settle, Los Angeles Times

"To say it at once: this is a superb book, beautifully written, evocative, learned, and deeply subtle." --Timothy Garton Ash, The Times Literary Supplement

"A beautifully written meditation on nationality, colonialism, nomadism and the settled life, which goes back to the beginning of the human world and traces the fortunes of the Aegean and Mediterranean traders who squeezed up through the Bosporus to do business with the steppe societies of the huge Black Sea hinterland." --Karl Miller, San Francisco Review of Books

"Brimming with . . . urgent argument: about culture, national identity, the misuse of history, archaeology, the co-existence of different peoples, the responsibility of intellectuals . . . not a boring or badly written paragraph in it." --Noel Malcolm, The Sunday Telegraph

Book Description:

An acclaimed, award-winning book on a fascinating subject, recently revised and updated by the author.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0809030438
• ISBN 13: 9780809030439
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 305