Baltic - A History

From the Vikings to the EU the Baltic has been a Nordic Mediterranean, a shared maritime zone with distinct patterns of trade, cultural exchange, and conflict. Covering a thousand years in a part of the globe where seas are more connective than land, Michael North's overview transforms the way we think about one of the world s great waterways.

About the author

Michael North ist Professor für Allgemeine Geschichte der Neuzeit am Historischen Institut der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.

Summary

From the Vikings to the EU the Baltic has been a Nordic Mediterranean, a shared maritime zone with distinct patterns of trade, cultural exchange, and conflict. Covering a thousand years in a part of the globe where seas are more connective than land, Michael North’s overview transforms the way we think about one of the world’s great waterways.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Kronenberg, Michael North, Michael (University of Wales) North, Michael/ Kronenberg North
• Assisted by: Kenneth Kronenberg (Translation), Kronenberg Kenneth (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780674970830
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97083-0
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Eastern Europe, Russia, European History, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era