Black Sea

Black Sea
ISBN-10
0809015935
ISBN-13
9780809015931
Category
History
Pages
305
Language
English
Published
1996-09-30
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Neal Ascherson

Description

The author demonstrates, through the history of the Black Sea area and the disputed regions of Russia, Turkey, Romania, Greece, and Caucasus, that "the meanings of 'community, ' 'nationhood, ' and 'cultural independence' are both fierce and disturbingly uncertain."

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