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ISBN10: 0801881897, ISBN13: 9780801881893, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Softcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, Date: 2005. Paperback. New. 386 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches. 2005. Johns Hopkins Univ Pr ISBN 0801881897 9780801881893 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. Cochrane, Venice Triumphant offers a bold new perspective on the world's most beautiful-and remarkable-city. ISBN 0801881897 9780801881893 [GB]

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ISBN10: 0801881897, ISBN13: 9780801881893, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Perhaps more than in any other city, Venice has been shaped by its environment. The lagoon on which it was built isolated the city's inhabitants from mainland Europe, forcing them to look seaward for their survival and to establish a maritime empire that generated incalculable wealth, making Venice the envy of Renaissance Europe. In Venice Triumphant, Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan provides a rich, multilayered history of Venice from Roman times to the sixteenth century. Instead of employing a rigidly chronological framework, she looks at the history of Venice thematically, focusing on the relationship between the city and its unique physical milieu in a way that emphasizes complexity and continuity.Central to Crouzet-Pavan's discussion is her concept of l'imaginaire, literally translated as 'the imaginary' and here meaning the many symbolic terms Venetians created to describe and understand the peculiar space they inhabited and, by extension, themselves. One key example of l'imaginaire is Venetians' use of the term 'the continent' to refer, somewhat dismissively, to Italy, Germany, and other lands beyond the lagoon in order to emphasize their own distinctive maritime identity. As Crouzet-Pavan shows, this sense of exceptionalism impacts every aspect of Venetian history: ...
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ISBN10: 0801881897, ISBN13: 9780801881893, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press 15 A] Softcover Venice Triumphant â€" The Horizons of a Myth This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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ISBN10: 0801881897, ISBN13: 9780801881893, [publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press 15 A] Softcover Venice Triumphant â€" The Horizons of a Myth This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
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