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Mallorca : the making of the landscape

Title
Mallorca : the making of the landscape / Richard J. Buswell.
Author
Buswell, R. J.
Publication
Edinburgh : Dunedin, 2013.

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Description
xv, 247 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 24 cm
Subject
  • Landscapes > Majorca > History
  • Human ecology > Majorca > History
  • Human ecology
  • Landscapes
  • Landschaftsentwicklung
  • Geographie
  • Majorca (Spain) > History
  • Spain > Majorca
  • Mallorca
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index.
Contents
1 Introduction: Mallorca and landscape history 1 -- 2 Mallorca and the Mediterranean 13 -- 3 The physical basis of the landscape 22 -- 4 Prehistoric Mallorca -- early human imprint 40 -- 5 Roman and other empires in Mallorca: limited landscapes 50 -- 6 The landscape of the Muslims, 902-1229 60 -- 7 Medieval Mallorca, 1229-1519 80 -- 8 Early modern Mallorca, 1520-1820 103 -- 9 The long nineteenth century, 1820-1920: the beginnings of modernization 129 -- 10 Abeggar's mantle fringed with gold -- Mallorca 1920-1955 166 -- 11 Mass tourism and the landscape -- Mallorca 1955-2011 187 -- 12 Reflections on a theme of landscape change 212.
ISBN
  • 9781780460109
  • 1780460104
LCCN
99963091796
OCLC
  • ocn827002469
  • 827002469
  • SCSB-5802125
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries