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Adriatic : a concert of civilizations at the end of the modern age / Robert D. Kaplan.

Summary:
"In this insightful travelogue, geopolitical expert Robert Kaplan turns his perceptive eye to the Adriatic Sea, a region that has always been a crossroads in trade, culture, and ideas. Kaplan undertakes a journey through Italy and the Balkan countries lining the Adriatic to reveal much more to the region than news stories about resurgent populism or the refugee crisis let on. As he travels, the stark truth emerges that the age of populism is merely an epiphenomenon--a swan song for the age of nationalism itself--and that the future of Europe lies in a different direction entirely as he observes a breaking down of the distinctions between east and west, a return to alignments of an earlier era. Traveling the coastline from Italy to Slovenia and Croatia, to Montenegro to Albania and to Greece, he engages perceptive cultural criticism and an urgent study of Europe as a whole, seen through the lens of these countries. He finds clues to what the future may hold in history as he reflects on contemporary issues like the refugee crisis, the return of populist nationalism, battles over the control of fossil fuel resources, and how the Adriatic will once again be a global trading hub as it is set to be connected to China's Belt and Road initiative. With a cross-pollination of history, literature, art, architecture, and current events along with a map and photographs throughout, Kaplan demonstrates how Europe is distilled within the geography of the Adriatic, an often-overlooked region rich with answers and insights about the fate of the continent"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780399591044
  • ISBN: 0399591044
  • Physical Description: xix, 340 pages : map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The Globe in Miniature -- Rimini: Europe in Limestone -- Ravenna: How Theodoric and Dante Shaped the West -- Venice: Frazer's Golden Bough and the Defeat of Fate -- Trieste: Italy's Geographic Complexity -- Piran, Koper, Ljubljana, and Rijeka: The Early Modern World Awaiting Us -- Zagreb, Split, Korcula, and Dubrovnik: "Nations Are Not Inscribed Into the Nature of Things" -- Kotor, Podgorica, Tirana, and Durres: The Heart of Europe? -- Corfu: The Archetypal Refugee Experience.
Subject: Kaplan, Robert D., 1952- > Travel > Adriatic Sea.
Adriatic Sea > Description and travel.
Adriatic Sea > History.
Adriatic Sea > In literature.
Genre: Travel writing.

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Bethlehem Main Library 909.098 (Text) 33062009607046 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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