Venice from the Ground Up

Name: Venice from the Ground Up
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ISBN: 9780674027527

ISBN-10: 0674027523

ISBN-13: 9780674027527

Edition: 2006

Authors: James H. S. McGregor

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Venice came to life on spongy mudflats at the edge of the habitable world. Protected in a tidal estuary from barbarian invaders and Byzantine overlords, the fishermen, salt gatherers, and traders who settled there crafted an amphibious way of life unlike anything the Roman Empire had ever known. In an astonishing feat of narrative history, James H. S. McGregor recreates this world-turned-upside-down, with its waterways rather than roads, its boats tethered alongside dwellings, and its livelihood harvested from the sea. McGregor begins with the river currents that poured into the shallow Lagoon, carving channels in its bed and depositing islands of silt. He then describes the imaginative…

Book details

List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Introduction



The Lagoon



St. Mark's Basilica



Company Town



State of Grace



Evangelism on the Northern Rim



State of Siege



Merchants and Mariners



The Streets of Venice


Information


Further Reading


Acknowledgments


Illustration Credits


Index


Maps