A brief history of Spain
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A brief history of Spain
14.99 €
A concise history of Spain from early settlement, Roman rule, and the Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula to the Spanish revival in the seventeenth century, the Peninsular War and the Spanish American Revolution, the disastrous Civil War and Franco's totalitarian regime, World War II, and on to the present day. Covering major milestones including the Christian Reconquista, the voyages of Columbus, the colonization of Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico, Habsburg rule and Bourbon centralization, touching on the impact of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the fall of the monarchy in the 1930s, and many others, Jeremy Black pays close attention to the identities of Spain's regions, makes predictions for the future, and characterizes the vectors of Spain's cultural development and global influence in literature, visual arts, music, and other fields. "There is a tendency to view Spain as part of a simplified, uniform picture of European and world history - especially the Civil War period. Parallels and references often arise, for example, the Reconquista is compared to the Crusades and the American War of Independence to the Latin American wars. It is important in each case not only to examine the specific circumstances and course of events, but also to consider them within the larger sweep of Spanish history." Jeremy Black
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