THE CORRUPTING SEA: A STUDY OF MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY BY PEREGRINE HORDEN, NICHOLAS PURCELL

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4 "This book amounts to an often fascinating, and unerringly useful, compendium." International History "Here a generation of ecological historians... has led the way. Horden and Purcell have synthesized that literature, extended its reach into the Middle Ages, and made it accessible to the general medievalist." Speculum "This impressive work synthesizes a vast amount of historical, geographical, archaelogical, and ethnographic knowledge about the Mediterranean region." Historical Geography From the Back Cover The Corrupting Sea is a history of the relationship between people and their environments in the Mediterranean region over some 3,000 years. It advocates a novel analysis of this relationship in terms of microecologies and the often extensive networks to which they belong. This is the first major work since Braudel's The Mediterranean to address the problems of studying the area as a whole and on a long timescale. The authors emphasize the value of comparison between prehistory, Antiquity and the Middle Ages. They draw on an exceptionally wide range of evidence - literary works, documents, archaeology, scientific reports and social anthropology. About the Author Peregrine Horden is Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London. Nicholas Purcell is Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, St John's College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. They began studying Mediterranean history when both were Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford.

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6 THE CORRUPTING SEA: A STUDY OF MEDITERRANEAN HISTORY BY PEREGRINE HORDEN, NICHOLAS PURCELL PDF The Corrupting Sea is a history of the relationship between people and their environments in the Mediterranean region over some 3,000 years. It offers a novel analysis of this relationship in terms of microecologies and the often extensive networks to which they belong. Sales Rank: # in Books Brand: Brand: Wiley-Blackwell Published on: Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 9.70" h x 1.40" w x 6.82" l, 2.85 pounds Binding: Paperback 776 pages Features Used Book in Good Condition "The Corrupting Sea is a book that all classicists should read." Classical "In their book The Corrupting Sea, Horden and Purcell have engaged in one of the most relentless intellectual reassessments to have been undertaken in recent times of the history of the pre-industrial Mediterranean. One seldom emerges from a book as rich as this, having had so many firmly-held notions shaken out of one's mind and having glimpsed so many enthralling new vistas on a once-familiar past." Professor Peter Brown, Princeton University "To bring together the economic and social history of so many periods and places within the great story of the Mediterranean is a remarkable achievement and Peregrine Horden and Nicholas Purcell should be congratulated upon it." Professor Colin Renfrew, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge "In recreating the Mediterranean for the new millennium, the authors offer a substantial achievement that challenges many long-held assumptions not only about the Mediterranean, but also about human relations with the environment and even the very nature of historical writing. It certainly deserves to provoke discussion among scholars from fields as broad as its own grand scope." Times Higher Education Supplement "The Corrupting Sea is a book of magisterial synthesis and scholarship - a huge multi-disciplinary literature turned into a narrative that is at once comprehensive, enjoyable, quirky and thought-provoking." Antiquity

7 "This book will be indispensable for the serious student of the Mediterranean past and present." CHOICE "This is an important book that presents a powerful and original model of Mediterranean history that will be used, debated, and criticized by historians of all periods for years to come." English Historical "Horden and Purcell's new Mediterranean panorama, which will take a generation of historians to digest and implement, forms one of those manifest watersheds in the study of antiquity." Journal of Roman Archaeology "This book amounts to an often fascinating, and unerringly useful, compendium." International History "Here a generation of ecological historians... has led the way. Horden and Purcell have synthesized that literature, extended its reach into the Middle Ages, and made it accessible to the general medievalist." Speculum "This impressive work synthesizes a vast amount of historical, geographical, archaelogical, and ethnographic knowledge about the Mediterranean region." Historical Geography From the Back Cover The Corrupting Sea is a history of the relationship between people and their environments in the Mediterranean region over some 3,000 years. It advocates a novel analysis of this relationship in terms of microecologies and the often extensive networks to which they belong. This is the first major work since Braudel's The Mediterranean to address the problems of studying the area as a whole and on a long timescale. The authors emphasize the value of comparison between prehistory, Antiquity and the Middle Ages. They draw on an exceptionally wide range of evidence - literary works, documents, archaeology, scientific reports and social anthropology. About the Author Peregrine Horden is Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London. Nicholas Purcell is Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, St John's College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. They began studying Mediterranean history when both were Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford. Most helpful customer reviews 4 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Excellent Resource for Mediterranean Studies Scholars By Ivan Vassallo An extremely well written book. Rich content in an easily assimilated style. A must for anyone enquiring into the history of the Mediterranean region. 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Horden and Purcell argue that the Mediterranean is (and always has been) a complex mosaic of useful microregional niches

8 By Amazon Customer A comprehensive, pan-regional study of the particular characteristics that contribute to our collective understanding of what is "the Mediterranean", this tome is Braudel for the twenty-first century, and will remain an essential starting point for any serious discussion about Mediterranean history for years to come. In essence, Drawing on a vast range of historical sources and some archaeological material, Horden and Purcell argue that the Mediterranean is (and always has been) a complex mosaic of useful microregional niches, each of which can be usefully exploited by local populations in order to offset the shortcomings of other, nearby niches. Perhaps the main weakness of the book is that there is no meaningful incorporation of palaeoecological data to add scientific heft to these arguments, as most people will agree that historical records can be problematic for a variety of reasons. This tome is one for which the adjective "magisterial" was coined; the authors seem to be very much aware of this, as some of the prose can seem pompous and unnecessarily abstruse, peppered liberally with quotations from other languages which Horden and Purcell have not bothered to translate for the mere peasants reading their book. Quibbles aside, this book is the very definition of 'essential reading'. 36 of 41 people found the following review helpful. Mediterranean microecological connectivity By Cesar Gonzalez Rouco Mediterranean microecological connectivity I like reading history. I enjoy with it. I am not a professional historian. In the last few years I have tried and read books offering a broad scope and general overviews of history such as this one. In this work, the authors intend to study Mediterranean history as a whole, the history of the region. For them, the Mediterranean is only loosely defined, distinguishable from its neighbours to degrees that vary with time, geographical direction and topic. Its boundaries are not the sort to be drawn easily on a map. Its continuities are best thought of continuities of form or pattern, within which all is mutability. In that sense, the distinctiveness of Mediterranean history results (they propose) from the paradoxical coexistence of a milieu of relatively easy seaborne communications with a quite unusually fragmented topography of microregions in the sea's coastlands and islands. The different chapters of the book are aimed to impressionistically show some of the prime ingredients in the normal variability and connectivity of Mediterranean microregions: the shifting along a spectrum of possibilities; the fluctuating relations between pastoralism and agriculture; the manipulative state with its taxes and symbols; the mobility of people both voluntarily -economic migration- and compulsory -military service- (not necessarily very distinct); a history of Mediterranean redistribution as inseparable from that of the people (who are often profoundly mobile) who produce, store, process, transport and consume. The authors also warn that several central topics have been reserved for a Volume 2 to come in the future: climate, disease, demography and the relations between the Mediterranean and other major areas of the globe. I have rated it four starts. Considering its content, I think it should be five; considering its readability, three (sometimes falling to two, sometimes raising to four). Other books of "global history" I would recommend to read are "The Rise of the West" by William H. McNeill, "World History. A new perspective" by Clive Ponting, "The Great Divergence", by Kenneth Pomeranz, "The Dynamics of Global Dominance. European Overseas Empires ", by David Abernethy and "The History of Government", by S.E. Finer. See all 4 customer reviews...

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10 "This book amounts to an often fascinating, and unerringly useful, compendium." International History "Here a generation of ecological historians... has led the way. Horden and Purcell have synthesized that literature, extended its reach into the Middle Ages, and made it accessible to the general medievalist." Speculum "This impressive work synthesizes a vast amount of historical, geographical, archaelogical, and ethnographic knowledge about the Mediterranean region." Historical Geography From the Back Cover The Corrupting Sea is a history of the relationship between people and their environments in the Mediterranean region over some 3,000 years. It advocates a novel analysis of this relationship in terms of microecologies and the often extensive networks to which they belong. This is the first major work since Braudel's The Mediterranean to address the problems of studying the area as a whole and on a long timescale. The authors emphasize the value of comparison between prehistory, Antiquity and the Middle Ages. They draw on an exceptionally wide range of evidence - literary works, documents, archaeology, scientific reports and social anthropology. About the Author Peregrine Horden is Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London. Nicholas Purcell is Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, St John's College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. They began studying Mediterranean history when both were Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford. ing the book The Corrupting Sea: A Study Of Mediterranean History By Peregrine Horden, Nicholas Purcell by online could be additionally done quickly every where you are. It seems that waiting the bus on the shelter, waiting the listing for line up, or various other locations possible. This The Corrupting Sea: A Study Of Mediterranean History By Peregrine Horden, Nicholas Purcell can accompany you in that time. It will not make you really feel bored. Besides, through this will likewise enhance your life top quality.