Nature Of Mediterranean Europe

Mediterranean Europe is often interpreted as a Lost Eden, once verdant and fertile, then progressively degraded and desertified by human mismanagement and the i... » 

Mediterranean Europe is often interpreted as a Lost Eden, once verdant and fertile, then progressively degraded and desertified by human mismanagement and the ignorance and folly of successive civilizations. In this ecological history, two scholars seek to challenge this pessimistic view. «