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Lane.
The last section of which thoroughly narrates the history of the Mediterranean in the
twentieth century.
Bromberger, C. (2006) Towards an anthropology of the Mediterranean. History and Anthropology
17 (2): 91–107.
Establishes new directions for anthropology of the Mediterranean.
Burke, E. III (2010) The deep structures of Mediterranean modernity, in Cities of the
Mediterranean: From the Ottomans to the Present Day (eds B. Kolluoğlu and M. Toksöz),
London: I.B. Tauris, pp. 198–204.
Incorporates the study of North Africa into a global history of the Mediterranean.
Campbell, J.K. (1964) Honour, Family, and Patronage: a Study of Institutions and Moral Values
in a Greek Mountain Community, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Exemplifies the social anthropology of the Mediterranean.
Davis, J. (1977) People of the Mediterranean: An Essay in Comparative Social Anthropology,
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
The most comprehensive comparative study of Mediterraneanist social anthropology
Fawaz, L., Bayly, C.A. and Ilbert, R. (eds) (2002) Modernity and Culture: from the
Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, New York: Columbia University Press.
Illuminates trans-regional connections in modern Mediterranean history.
Herzfeld, M. (1987) Anthropology Through the Looking-Glass: Critical Ethnography in the
Margins of Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sets the foundations for the exhaustive critique of Mediterraneanist anthropology.
Pitt-Rivers, J.A. (1963) Mediterranean Countrymen; Essays in the Social Anthropology of the
Mediterranean, Paris: Mouton.
Forcefully shows the merits of comparative analysis of contemporary societies in the Mediterranean.
Schneider, J. (1971) Of vigilance and virgins: Honor, shame and access to resources in Mediterranean
societies. Ethnology, 10 (1): 1–24.
A masterpiece of comparative structural analysis of Mediterranean societies.
Tabak, F. (2008) The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550–1870: a Geohistorical Approach,
Baltimore, MD.: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Extends an elaborate analysis following Braudel into modern history.