Spain & Portugal 12

For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had the largest empire and one of the world's great navies to defend it. Nothing could have prepared the Spanish for t……続きを見る

The Lisbon Route tells of the extraordinary World War II transformation of Portugal's tranquil port city into the great escape hatch of Nazi Europe. Royalty, celebrities, diplomats, fleeing troops, ……続きを見る

‘A Moment of War’ is the magnificent conclusion to Laurie Lee’s autobiographical trilogy begun in ‘Cider with Rosie’ and ‘As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning’. It was December 1937 when the young ……続きを見る

Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, ……続きを見る

Barcelonan Okupas: Squatter Power! is the first book to combine close-readings of the representations of Spanish squatters known as okupas with the study of everyday life, built environment, and cit……続きを見る

In the summer of 1813, as war with Britain intensified, President James Madison secretly dispatched an envoy to the Regency government of Spain with the urgent goal of thwarting a feared British bid……続きを見る

This collection of essays by seven highly respected scholars is a straightforward narrative of real world-intellectual, commercial, spiritual, philosophical, scientific, esthetic-creative engagement……続きを見る

Liminal Fiction at the Edge of the Millennium: The Ends of Spanish Identity investigates the predominant perception of liminalityーidentity situated at a threshold, neither one thing nor another, bu……続きを見る

This documentary history is intended for specialist and non-specialist alike. The introductions to the book’s sections, together with introductions to each document, provide a general history of the……続きを見る

1974 - 2014. Sono passati quaranta anni dalla Rivoluzione dei Garofani, quel 25 Aprile che vide la rivoluzione di nuovo affacciarsi sul continente europeo. Un piccolo, marginale Paese, dominato da u……続きを見る

The capstone of a research endeavor begun by Barbara Stein and Stanley Stein nearly sixty years ago, this volume concludes their masterful tetralogy on Spanish economic and Atlantic history. With a ……続きを見る

The question of what caused the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) is the central focus of modern Spanish historiography. In Ghosts of Passion, Brian D. Bunk argues that propaganda related to the revolutio……続きを見る

In Managing African Portugal, Kesha Fikes shows how the final integration of Portugal’s economic institutions into the European Union (EU) in the late 1990s changed everyday encounters between Afric……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Francisco Pizarro en moins d’une heure ! Dans l’Espagne du XVe siècle, en pleine expansion coloniale, Francisco Pizarro quitte Panamá en 1524, chargé pa……続きを見る

Genoa enjoyed an important and ever-changing role in the early modern Mediterranean world. In medieval times, the city transformed itself from a tumultuous maritime republic into a stable and prospe……続きを見る

The Inquisition! Just the word itself evokes, to the modern reader, endless images of torment, violence, corruption, and intolerance committed in the name of Catholic orthodoxy and societal conformi……続きを見る

Part of the successful 'Inventing the Nation' history series, this book provides an authoritative and compelling history of Spain in the modern period. Humlebæk places a strong emphasis on the const……続きを見る

Incorporating local, national and international dimensions of the conflict, Gibraltar and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 provides the first detailed account of the British enclave Gibraltar's role d……続きを見る

Con una lucidez poco común, Nadine Cordowinus sintetiza los rasgos esenciales que han ido configurando los tres pilares del arte flamenco a través de la historia, para, a continuación, tratar de dia……続きを見る

Antonina Rodrigo recoge en este libro las voces de 14 mujeres luchadoras en diversos campos de la vida pública que, sumadas conjuntamente, sustentan, en gran parte, el auge del progreso femenino. El……続きを見る

Profundo estudio sobre la presencia de la música arábigo-andaluza en el cante flamenco tanto en aspectos melódicos como en el uso de instrumentos. Más de cien fotografías y grabados antiguos ilustra……続きを見る

Following Rivers of Gold and The Golden Empire andbuilding on five centuries of scholarship, World Without End is the epic conclusion of an unprecedented three-volume history of the Spanish Empire f……続きを見る

¿Una Cataluña sin España? es una reflexión cordial que se propone poner de relieve ciertas claves de interpretación del permanente estado de tensión entre Cataluña y España. El autor que cuenta con ……続きを見る

Hidden lives, hidden history, and hidden manuscripts. In The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Conversos, Marie-Theresa Hernández unmasks the secret lives of conversos and judaizantes and their likely inf……続きを見る

Mucho ante de 1909-1910 se habían sembrado, en los ambientes de las autoridades políticas y militares de Barcelona, las semillas de una acción violenta, de exterminio contra los anarquistas v sindic……続きを見る

"Memorable fue el año…" Esta edición conveniente presenta dos obras de dos autores excelentes con el mismo título -- Guerra de Granada -- aunque cada autor escribe de una época distinta. La extensa ……続きを見る

Medieval Islamic society set great store by the transmission of history: to edify, argue legal points, explain present conditions, offer political and religious legitimacy, and entertain. Modern sch……続きを見る

As one of Europe's great industrial and revolutionary centres Barcelona has been in need of a detailed social and cultural history, yet there is actually a paucity of detailed research. This book re……続きを見る

The challenges of cultural and religious diversity that face European and American societies today are not a new phenomenon. People in the Middle Ages lived in pluralistic societies, and they found ……続きを見る

Spain since 1812 is an ideal introduction to the history of Spain. The chapters are arranged chronologically and each begins with an overview of major events and movements in Europe as a whole. Emph……続きを見る