The Dead Sea: Myth, History, and Politics (SIGNED COPY)
by Barbara Kreiger
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- ISBN 10
- 087451827X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874518276
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Hanover NH: Brandeis University Press , 1997. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, pictorial wraps, 228 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. The Dead Sea is unlike any other place on earth. Situated a quarter mile below sea level, so saline it can't support life, surrounded by a desolate landscape, it is not just a geologic feature but a source of mystery connected to religious faith. In elegant and vivid prose, Barbara Kreiger re-creates and analyzes the myths and legends surrounding the site and examines both its natural history and its gradual and difficult exploration. But The Dead Sea (first published as Living Waters in 1988) is more than a detailed and delightful travelogue. It is also an inquiry into the human and political drama that has swirled around this mysterious place for more than 12,000 years. In an afterword to the new edition, Kreiger shows how the sea in the post-Peace Accord era may come to take on a new symbolism: with perpetual need for water and a thriving mineral industry as common bonds, Israel and Jordan, two traditional antagonists whose border bisects the sea, may find themselves joining forces to preserve its fragile ecosystem against the threats of technology and tourism. Tan stain to top corner of text b;ock, otherwise clean. Record # 382174
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- 382174
- Title
- The Dead Sea: Myth, History, and Politics (SIGNED COPY)
- Author
- Barbara Kreiger
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 087451827X
- ISBN 13
- 9780874518276
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press
- Place of Publication
- Hanover NH
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Countries, MidEast, , .
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