Venice from the Ground Up / James H. S. McGregor.
McGregor, James H. S., author.
2009
DG674.2 .M44 2008eb
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Title
Venice from the Ground Up / James H. S. McGregor.
Author
McGregor, James H. S., author.
ISBN
9780674040847
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040847
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2008
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (384 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674040847 doi
Call Number
DG674.2 .M44 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
945/.31
Summary
Venice came to life on mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen and traders who settled there crafted a way of life unlike anything the Roman Empire had ever known. In an astonishing feat of narrative history, James H. S. McGregor recreates this world, with its waterways rather than roads and its livelihood harvested from the sea. The narrative follows both a chronological and geographical organization, so that readers can trace the city's evolution by chapter and visitors can explore it by district on foot and by boat.
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From the Ground Up
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HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
1. The Lagoon
2. St. Mark's Basilica
3. Company Town
4. State of Grace
5. Evangelism on the Northern Rim
6. State of Siege
7. Merchants and Mariners
8. The Streets of Venice
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Further Reading
Acknowledgments
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Index
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