Maps and borders notwithstanding, some places are best described as "gaps"--Places with repeatedly contested boundaries that are wedged in between other places that have clear boundaries. This book explores an iconic example of this in the contemporary Western imagination: the B…
Drawing on detailed ethnographic research around the border between Greece and Albania, Sarah Green focuses her analysis on the ambiguities of never quite resolving where or what places are, taking an ethnographic approach to exploring 'the Balkans' as an ideological concept.
Maps and borders notwithstanding, some places are best described as "gaps"--Places with repeatedly contested boundaries that are wedged in between other places that have clear boundaries. This book explores an iconic example of this in the contemporary Western imagination: the B…
"What does writing Greek books mean at the height of the Cinquecento in Venice? The present volume provides fascinating insights into Greek-language book production at a time when printed books were already at a rather advanced stage of development with regards to requests, purc…
"What does writing Greek books mean at the height of the Cinquecento in Venice? The present volume provides fascinating insights into Greek-language book production at a time when printed books were already at a rather advanced stage of development with regards to requests, purc…
"What does writing Greek books mean at the height of the Cinquecento in Venice? The present volume provides fascinating insights into Greek-language book production at a time when printed books were already at a rather advanced stage of development with regards to requests, purc…
"What does writing Greek books mean at the height of the Cinquecento in Venice? The present volume provides fascinating insights into Greek-language book production at a time when printed books were already at a rather advanced stage of development with regards to requests, purc…
Presents an examination of the lives, achievements, and influence of seminal figures in the history of ancient Greece.
Professor Fears examines the lives, achievements, and influence of seminal figures in the history of ancient Greece.
Presents an examination of the lives, achievements, and influence of seminal figures in the history of ancient Greece.
Presents an examination of the lives, achievements, and influence of seminal figures in the history of ancient Greece.
Presents an examination of the lives, achievements, and influence of seminal figures in the history of ancient Greece.
Presents an examination of the lives, achievements, and influence of seminal figures in the history of ancient Greece.
In the aftermath of Alexander the Great's conquests in the late fourth century BC, Greek garrisons and settlements were established across Central Asia, through Bactria (modern-day Afghanistan) and into India. Over the next three hundred years, these settlements evolved into mul…