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Black Sea

Neal Ascherson

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Black Sea won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History. In this study of the fateful encounters between Europe and Asia on the shores of a legendary sea, Neal Ascherson explores the disputed meaning of community, nationhood, history, and culture in a region famous for its dramatic conflicts. What makes the Black Sea cultures distinctive, Ascherson argues, is the way their component parts came together over the millennia to shape unique communities, languages, religions, and trade. As he shows with skill and persuasiveness, patterns in the Caucasus, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Turkey, and Greece have linked the peoples of Europe and Asia together for centuries.

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Publisher
Random House (UK)
Year
1995
ISBN-13
9788467205572
Genre
History
Topics
Black Sea region historyNationhood and identityEurope-Asia cultural exchange

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