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1. Adriatic: a concert of civilizations at the end of the modern age

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Author:
Kaplan, Robert D., 1952-
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Description:
"In this [book, the author] turns his perceptive eye to the Adriatic Sea, a region that has always been a crossroads in trade, culture, and ideas. [He] undertakes a journey through Italy and the Balkan countries lining the Adriatic to reveal much more to the region than news stories about resurgent populism or the refugee crisis let on. As he travels, the stark truth emerges that the age of populism is merely an epiphenomenon--a swan song for the...