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	BizStore » Book Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000 List Price: $39.95 Our Price: $26.37 You Save: $13.58 (34%) Availability: N/A Manufacturer: Yale University Press Publisher: Yale University Press Author(s): Barry Cunliffe Average Customer Rating: (based on 3 reviews) Product Description: Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 940 EAN: 9780300119237 ISBN: 0300119232 Label: Yale University Press Manufacturer: Yale University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: 2008-09-02 Publisher: Yale University Press Studio: Yale University Press Editorial Review: Europe is, in world terms, a relatively minor peninsula attached to the Eurasian land mass. Yet it became one of the most innovative regions on the planet, generating restless adventurers who traversed the globe to trade, to explore, and often to settle. By the fifteenth century Europe was a driving world force, but the origins of its success have until now remained obscured in prehistory. In this magnificent book, distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe views Europe not in terms of states and shifting political land boundaries but as a geographical niche particularly favored in facing many seas. These seas, and Europe’s great transpeninsular rivers, ensured a rich diversity of natural resources while also encouraging the dynamic interaction of peoples across networks of communication and exchange. The development of these early Europeans is rooted in complex interplays, shifting balances, and geographic and demographic fluidity. Weaving together titanic concepts while remaining sensitive to specifics, Cunliffe has produced an interdisciplinary tour de force. His is a bold book of exceptional scholarship, erudite and engaging, and it heralds an entirely new understanding of Old Europe. (20080808) Customer Reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Fascinating, smooth reading Comment: Along with Mithen's After The Ice, this is the most enjoyable book on European prehistory that I have read. Filled with colorful maps and photos that follow along with the text descriptions, written elegantly and with enough detail to not seem too "dumbed-down" for the layman. If every professor or researcher published their books in such an appealing and vibrant fashion, it would cut into the ratings of the Science and History channels. Customer Rating: Summary: Great book, synthesizing many years and fields Comment: This is a remarkable overview of an important period in human history in what we now call Europe (basically the period from the end of the last ice age to the medieval period, and covering the beginnings of farming and the rise of cities and settlements: the Neolithic and post-Neolithic period). This is also a summary of archeologist Cunliffe's other works, now contained between two covers. The author discusses everything from trade, migration and the domestication of animals to art and literature -- with Homer's great oral tales in particular getting very good treatment -- and of course languages and warfare. It is well written (on paper is of an exceptional quality) and filled with wonderful crisp and clear photographs, as well as charts and diagrams. The only possible downside is the sheer weight of the book, making it resemble a coffee book, though it isn't that. So, all in all, a great work about an important subject -- the big picture of how the West came to be the West we know -- by a learned and lucid expert in the field(s), pitched at the intelligent ordinary reader, to boot. Customer Rating: Summary: Elegant. Comment: This beautiful book is comprehensive & thought provoking. By far, this is one of the best book purchases I have ever made. Mr. Cunliffe's view of early modern humanity & the world that shaped its existence is necessarily wide & his focus is clear & systematic. Related Items • Power and Profit: The Merchant in Medieval Europe • Europe: A History • The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World • The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World • American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House Based on Amazon Store Manager Copyright © 2005 - 2009 Nuke Business Resources