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a brief history of venice a new history of the city and its people
venice grew out of the swamps of italy and became one of the great mercantile and cultural centers of the world . elizabeth horodowich one of the leading historians of the city tells the whole story showing that venice alongside florence and rome was one of the great renaissance capitals . the book will also investigate the history of venice as a multicultural trading city where christians jews and muslims lived together at the crossroads between east and west . the narrative runs all the way to the present to the current problems with the sinking island .
paperback running press book publishers 2009 isbn13 9780762436903 isbn10 0762436905
abridged n isbn 13 9780762436903 number in series 1 number of pages 250 publisher perseus books group release date 62135769600000