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Preliminary Material /Medardus Brehl, Andreas Eckl and Kristin Platt --Preface /Medardus Brehl, Andreas Eckl and Kristin Platt --The Mediterranean Other: Introduction /Medardus Brehl, Andreas Eckl and Kristin Platt --Constructing the Idea of "Identity" in the Mediterranean: Patterns and Practices /Kristin Platt --Routes, Migrations, Stories. Counter-Cultural Discourses from Multicultural Theatre in Italy /Cristina Balma-Tivola --Moving Stories – Roma and the Oral Tradition of a Transnational People /Julia Blandfort --Cosmopolitanism: The Mediterranean Archives /Paolo Giaccaria --The 'Other' in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Crusaders and their Varying Images of the Muslims in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin /Shlomo Lotan --Zingarella or how Mediterranean and Gypsy Merged. The Story of a Certain Musical Genre /Anna G. Piotrowska --Ithaca Revisited – Homer's Odyssey and the (Other) Mediterranean Imagination /Christopher Schliephake --Thinking through the Diaspora: Anthropologies of Mobility across the Mediterranean /Paul A. Silverstein --The Mediterranean Cult of the Seven Sleepers: Counter-Narrative vs Official Representation in Islamic Devotion /Anna Tozzi di Marco --Narrating the History of the Other(s). The Near East in European Historiographical Accounts of the 19th and 20th Centuries /Felix Wiedemann --Bibliography /Medardus Brehl, Andreas Eckl and Kristin Platt.

Sustainable Fisheries in the Mediterranean Note: This publication may be partially or completely reproduced for educational and non-profit purposes without express consent of the Regional Activity Centre for Cleaner Production (CP/RAC), always citing the source of the information. CP/RAC would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication where this material was used as a source. It is prohibited to use this information for commercial purposes or for sale without written consent from CP/RAC. The denominations used in this publication and the presentation of material in the same do not imply the expression of any opinion by CAR/PL relating to legal status of a country, territory or area, or its authorities or respecting its borders and limits. If there is any study point which can be improved or if there is any inaccuracy, please let us know. The CP/RAC, based in Barcelona-Spain, was established in 1996. Its mission is to promote mechanisms leading to sustainable consumption and production patterns and sound chemicals management in Mediterranean countries. The CP/RAC activities are financed by the Spanish Government once they have been submitted and approved by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and by the Bilateral Monitoring Commission made up of representatives from the Spanish and Catalan Governments. ; N/A

Most literature on the Mediterranean regarding architecture and urbanism has focused on the idea of the Mediterranean city and its history, but the spatial aspect also merits attention. This region, at the intersection of three continents, is one of the most important areas on earth culturally, politically, and ecologically. "New Geographies, 5" aims to recast the Mediterranean as a contemporary phenomenon and spatialize its formation as a larger geographic entity in the twenty-first century. Contributors from a variety of disciplines challenge conventional boundaries between cities and hinterlands and dismantle prevailing geographic, spatial, and cultural meanings. "New Geographies, 5" recovers the Mediterranean as a model for global interaction and critically examines how the migration of complex architectural and urban formations, micro-geographies, new infrastructures, and demographic flows revise geopolitical boundaries and actively reshape cities, regions, and hinterlands beyond recognized cultural and geopolitical contours. Moreover, the collected writings aspire to activate critical questions about the formation of regions and to address philosophical, cross-cultural, and interfaith relationships, preservation, cultural identity, trade, and geopolitics all elements that influence the "geographic." Antonio Petrov is Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas, San Antonio.

Twenty-one countries share the Mediterranean's coastline with no single country responsible for its environmental deterioration or its protection. They are collectively responsible for both. Over four decades, the environmental dimension of Europe's policy toward its Mediterranean neighbors has become increasingly prominent. The central place of environmental projects in the Union for the Mediterranean, launched in July 2008, is the clearest indication of the growing place of the environment in Mediterranean cooperation. Growing public and political awareness of environmental problems in the region argue for a more concerted approach, embracing United Nations, European Union, and national initiatives—and a more "singular" approach to shared challenges.

Athanasios Moulakis is director of the Institute of Mediterranean Studies,University of Lugano, Switzerland.

At the dawn of the last century, the European and Mediterranean countries failed to reach a consensus on building a cooperative security system. This article is an attempt at revisiting the concept of the Mediterranean security system and assessing the conditions for restarting security dialogue in the region. Upon recognition of the need for taking into account the new dimension of risks along with the traditional dimension of threats, the article reviews the insecurity factors of the Mediterranean region and the lesson learned in the security dialogue of the Barcelona Process. Some proposals about rehearsing that dialogue are advanced in the concluding section. Adapted from the source document.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: A Rich History of Trade -- Chapter 1: Trade Before the Mediterranean Trade Routes -- The Pyramids: A Source of Regional Trade -- Trade Begins to Span Cultures -- Chapter 2: Foundations and Explorations -- Evolving Ships -- Improved Navigation -- Lighting the Way: Ancient Lighthouses -- Evolving Routes -- A Changing Balance of Power -- Chapter 3: Goods and Services -- Tin -- Wheat and Grain -- Silk -- Slaves -- Sugar and Spices -- Modern Trade Goods -- Commercial Fishing -- Oil -- Chapter 4: The Major Players -- The Egyptians -- Minoans -- Phoenicians -- Greeks -- Romans -- Byzantines -- Venetians -- People -- Explorers -- Pirates -- Sailors -- Merchants -- Chapter 5: The Effects of the Mediterranean Trade Routes -- Cultural Influences -- Written Language -- Literature, Art, and Architecture -- The Renaissance -- Democratic Ideals -- Religious Exchanges -- A Shifting Balance -- Effects on Daily Life -- Food -- Clothing -- Housewares -- Money and Currency -- The Effect of the Suez Canal -- Chapter 6: The Future of Mediterranean Trade Routes -- A Shipping Revolution -- A Top Tourist Destination -- Storied Past, Steady Present, Bright Future -- Glossary -- Further Information -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

Mediterranean mountains exhibit many similarities in their biotic ecological, physical and environmental characteristics. There are also many differences in terms of their human colonization pattern, historic land uses and current anthopogenic pressures. This book provides an introduction to these environments of mountainous areas in the Mediterranean and their changes in time and space in relation to both natural and cultural factors. Mediterranean Mountain Environments places its emphasis on physical geography while adopting an integrated approach to the whole subject area. The book draws examples from a wide range of environments, demonstrating the interaction between human and physical processes responsible for shaping mountain areas. Risks and conflicts, as well as methods and tools for the conservation and management of both the natural and cultural environment are covered in the light of future challenges for the sustainable development of the Mediterranean mountains. Emphasis on both mainland and island mountain ranges Combines natural and cultural approach in the topic Integrated approach: facing future challenges based on the study and understanding of the historical processes that have shaped the Mediterranean mountains Key references at the end of each chapter.

"Antiquarian, lawyer, and cat lover Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637), was a 'prince' of the Republic of Letters and the most gifted French intellectual in the generation between Montaigne and Descartes. From Peiresc's study in Aix-en-Provence, his insatiable curiosity poured forth in thousands of letters that traveled the Mediterranean, seeking knowledge of matters mundane and exotic--travel times and insurance premiums, rare manuscripts and objects from the Orient. Mining the remarkable 70,000-page archive of this Provençal humanist and polymath, Peter N. Miller recovers a lost Mediterranean world of the early seventeenth century that was dominated by the sea: the ceaseless activity of merchants, customs officials, and ships' captains at the center of Europe's sprawling maritime networks. Peiresc's Mediterranean World reconstructs the web of connections that linked the bustling port city of Marseille to destinations throughout the Western Mediterranean, North Africa, the Levant, and beyond. As Miller also makes clear, Peiresc's mastery of practical details and his collaboration with local traders and fixers as well as scholars, sheds new light on the structure of knowledge-making in the age of Bacon, Galileo, and Rubens. Miller shows that Peiresc's pursuit of Oriental studies, for example, depended crucially on his abilities as a man of action. Exploring the historian's craft today against the backdrop of Peiresc's diverse research activities, Peiresc's Mediterranean World suggests new possibilities for scholarship on the past, but also for the relationship between the writing of history and its readers"--Provided by publisher