A Venetian Island: Environment, History and Change in Burano

by Lidia D. Sciama and Lidia Dina Sciama

Book Overview

Since the extensive floods of 1966, inhabitants of Venice's laguna areas have come to share in, and reflect upon, concerns over pressing environmental problems. Evidence of damage caused by industrial pollution has contributed to the need to recover a common culture and establish a sense of continuity with "truly Venetian traditions."

Based on ethnographic and archival data, this in-depth study of the Venetian island of Burano shows how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845451562
• ISBN13: 9781845451561
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"