Overview

"Mediterranean Europe - southern Portugal and Spain, France, Italy, the Balkans, Greece and the Mediterranean islands - is often interpreted as a ""Lost Eden"", once verdant and fertile, then progressively degraded and desertified by human mismanagement and the ignorance and folly of successive civilizations. In this ecological history, two scholars seek to challenge this pessimistic view."

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Author:   A.T. Grove ,  Oliver Rackham
Publisher:   Yale University Press
Imprint:   Yale University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   1.528kg
ISBN:  

9780300100556

ISBN 10:   0300100558
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   31 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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"""a wry, scholarly and beautifully written book"" Charles Clover, Daily Telegraph"

a wry, scholarly and beautifully written book Charles Clover, Daily Telegraph

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A.T. Grove, a geographer, is emeritus fellow of Downing College, Cambridge. Oliver Rackham, a botanist in the department of forestry, is a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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