Guerres, instabilités politiques, changements climatiques, migrations, croissance démographique, raréfaction des ressources naturelles : la Méditerranée constitue un arc de crises majeures. La sécurité alimentaire et l'agriculture qui concernent une partie importante de la population subissent cet état de crises. Souvent décriées pour leurs impacts sur l'environnement, les activités agricoles peuvent pourtant aussi être une réponse à ces défis.Ce travail replace la dimension agricole et le développement rural au centre du débat pour penser la Méditerranée du futur.

Pastoralism is a diffused and ancient form of human subsistence and probably one of the most studied by anthropologists at the crossroads between continuities and transformations. The present critical discourse on sustainable and responsible development implies a change of practices, a huge socio-economic transformation, and the return of new shepherds and herders in different European regions. Transhumance and extensive breeding are revitalized as a potential resource for inner and rural areas of Europe against depopulation and as an efficient form of farming deeply influencing landscape and functioning as a perfect eco-system service. This book is an occasion to reconsider grazing communities’ frictions in the new global heritage scenario.

Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, tea, china, gems, flowers and other luxury goods transformed daily life and gave rise to a new discourse about the 'Orient' which in turn shaped ideas about science, economy and politics, and against absolutist monarchy. An original account of the ancient regime, this book highlights France's use of the exotic and analyzes French discourse about Islam and the 'Orient'.

Tanto por tierra como por mar, las rutas del comercio de las especias entre Europa y la India confluyeron a finales de la Edad Media, en los territorios actuales de Siria y Egipto. Este libro se centra en el sultanato Mameluco de Egipto que ocupaba entonces la región y en la gestión del poder y de los intercambios por los militares que la gobernaban. A través de un enfoque complementario de las fuentes europeas y árabes, este trabajo se centra igualmente en la interacción y las vicisitudes de los comerciantes venecianos, genoveses, catalanes y otros en la sociedad musulmana que les acogió.