7/6/2023 0 Comments Black sea by neal ascherson![]() ![]() ![]() He is the author ofPolish AugustandThe Struggle for Poland, among other books. Neal Ascherson, a leading British scholar-journalist, writes forThe Independentin London andThe New York Review of Books. As he shows with skill and persuasiveness,Black Seapatterns in the Caucasus, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Turkey, and Greece have linked the peoples of Europe and Asia together for centuries. What makes the Back Sea cultures distinctive, Ascherson agrues, is the way their comonent parts came together over the millennia to shape unique communities, languages, religions, and trade. Winner of theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize for History In this study of the fateful encounters between Europe and Asia on the shores of a legendary sea, Neal Ascherson explores the disputed meaning of community, nationhood, history, and culture in a region famous for its dramatic conflicts. ![]()
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