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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807720803321

Titolo

Surrounded by water : landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes of Sardinia / / edited by Andrea Corsale and Giovanni Sistu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4438-8861-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Disciplina

914.590492

Soggetti

Sardinia (Italy) Description and travel

Sardinia (Italy) Social conditions

Sardinia (Italy) Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

This work provides insights into the physical and human geography of Sardinia, the second largest Mediterranean island, with its complex, varied, changing and often hidden features. The title, "Surrounded by Water", recalls the identity of a land whose coastlines and surrounding seas have symbolically represented social, economic, political, cultural bridges or walls, meeting or colliding places, over its long and difficult history.Landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes are presented and analysed, together with other aspects, through a descriptive focus and original contributions provided by som