Malta, Mediterranean Bridge

This scholarly yet accessible book explores the social anthropology of Malta within the context of regional cultural exchange between the Maltese and their neighbors. Contributors to Malta's rich cultural development have been the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Sicilians, Greeks, Romans, Berbers, Arabs, Turks, Normans, Spaniards, French, British, and others. Other important contributors have been the Holy See and the Order of St. John, whose members have often been known simply as the Knights of Malta.

Malta is a missing link to understanding many interrelationships among Mediterranean peoples and civilizations that hitherto have remained hidden or problematic. Located at the center of the Mediterranean Basin, Malta has been pivotal in numerous cultural transformations and can serve as a prism for understanding much that is important about lifeways in the Mediterranean: trade, subsistence systems, religion, urbanization, and the transmigration of peoples in war and in peace.

List of contents

Preface
Genesis in the Mediterranean
Islam and Realignments
Knights and Revolutions
Urbanization in Miniature
National Emergence and the Modern Age
Ecology and Social Rhythms
Status and Standing
Home, Family, and Social Change
Dawn in a New Millennium
Index

About the author

STEFAN GOODWIN is Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Morgan State University, Maryland.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Goodwin, Goodwin Stefan
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2002
• EAN: 9780897898201
• ISBN: 978-0-89789-820-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Malta, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Geography and World Cultures: Countries and Regions