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Author : Joyce E. Salisbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629974279
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of Spain written by Joyce E. Salisbury and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Crossroads Symposium Project Staff
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781413466225
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book Conexiones written by Crossroads Symposium Project Staff and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As stated in the Introduction: Conexiones, presenting some of the traces from Spain to the Crossroads of Louisiana and dedicated to El Corazón de España, introduces the general reader to the acculturation and interconnections between Spanish and American culture with Louisiana as a prism revealing the rich colors of Spain and its effects on America. It was inspired by the exhibit of Spanish art held at the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana during the fall of 2003 a unique exhibition of Spain's religious art, antiquities and icons. Conexiones carries a preface by Javier Rupérez, the Ambassador of Spain to the United States. We wondered if we couldn't provide a book which would give the reader a taste of the variety of ways in which Spain, Spanish culture, and Hispanic culture are intertwined in the history, people and imagination of Louisiana. Thus the Crossroads Symposium Project was created, with the assistance of the Downtown Press, an entity devoted to furthering civic and cultural activities both serious and entertaining. We were even bolder in thinking that purely local' authors might know enough to provide the reader with a rewarding look at things Spanish. That book you now have before you, and you will be judge of whether this miscellany achieves some success. But before sketching the contents inside the covers, we would like to direct you to the equally bold colors on the outside of our book, featuring the work of the noted Barcelona artist, Jose Maria Garcia-Llort. Señor Garcia-Llort and his wife Martha Crockett lived in Central Louisiana in the 1950s. Within the book you will find Ms. Crockett's engaging story of those years. Barcelona art historian Àlex Mitrani provides a discussion of Señor Garcia-Llort's art and gives an overview of modern Spanish art as well. The contributors to Conexiones include specialists in fields ranging from history to art, from literature to the guitar. Your guided tour starts appropriately enough with Louisiana and Spain. Here you will find an account by Jerry Sanson of the history of Spanish Colonial Louisiana. Bernard Gallagher discusses the reaction to Hispanic culture in the writing of Arna Bontemps and his close friend from the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes. Arna Bontemps was born in Alexandria, Louisiana and his birth home now houses an important institution, the Arna Bontemps African American Museum. Richard Gwartney reflects on Federico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, and on the perils and adventures in recreating the play. Philip Tapley tells us about Louisiana's heroic St. Denis, who founded the city of Natchitoches in l7l4. And David Ker Texada gives an account of his Central Louisiana family which traces its history directly back to the Spanish colonial period. Conexiones next turn to two exceptional Stories. The first is the memoir by Martha Crockett de Garcia-Llort, a vibrant account of living with her husband as artists and as residents of Central Louisiana. The rich gumbo of multiple cultures, Spanish and Louisiana style, is stirred and enjoyed. The cover of Conexiones displays the work of Garcia-Llort, whose vivid colors depict both Spain and Louisiana. Jock Scott then tells the astonishing and heroic story of his aunt, Natalie Vivian Scott, a participant in both the First and the Second World Wars, a prime mover in the French Quarter literary renaissance of the 1920s, and a member of the Mexican-American colony of creative friends in Taxco, Mexico, where she made her "permanent home within a vastly different culture." At the heart of Conexiones we find personal stories. Crossroads begins as Dessie Williams tells the story of her uncle who returned from Spain to a still segregated Louisiana, a fascinating account which concludes with her interview with Mayo Brew. Elizabeth Levy recalls living between the ages of two and five in Spain Spanish w
Download or read book The History of Spain: Land on a Crossroad written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Napoleon's crusade to impose a new French dynasty on Spain, and the cultural backlash of Romanticism that rejected the "universal" principles of the Enlightenment. Witness the emergence of Spanish nationalism, the ensuing deep political strife regarding how to govern the country, and see how the spread of nationalist ideologies culminated in the independence of Spain's colonies.
Author : Mercedes Niño-Murcia
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027290431
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bilingualism and Identity written by Mercedes Niño-Murcia and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04-02 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociolinguists have been pursuing connections between language and identity for several decades. But how are language and identity related in bilingualism and multilingualism? Mobilizing the most current methodology, this collection presents new research on language identity and bilingualism in three regions where Spanish coexists with other languages. The cases are Spanish-English contact in the United States, Spanish-indigenous language contact in Latin America, and Spanish-regional language contact in Spain. This is the first comparativist book to examine language and identity construction among bi- or multilingual speakers while keeping one of the languages constant. The sociolinguistic standing of Spanish varies among the three regions depending whether or not it is a language of prestige. Comparisons therefore afford a strong constructivist perspective on how linguistic ideologies affect bi/multilingual identity formation.
Author : John Julius Norwich
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812995198
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sicily written by John Julius Norwich and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically acclaimed author John Julius Norwich weaves the turbulent story of Sicily into a spellbinding narrative that places the island at the crossroads of world history. “Sicily,” said Goethe, “is the key to everything.” It is the largest island in the Mediterranean, the stepping-stone between Europe and Africa, the link between the Latin West and the Greek East. Sicily’s strategic location has tempted Roman emperors, French princes, and Spanish kings. The subsequent struggles to conquer and keep it have played crucial roles in the rise and fall of the world’s most powerful dynasties. Yet Sicily has often been little more than a footnote in books about other empires. John Julius Norwich’s engrossing narrative is the first to knit together all of the colorful strands of Sicilian history into a single comprehensive study. Here is a vivid, erudite, page-turning chronicle of an island and the remarkable kings, queens, and tyrants who fought to rule it. From its beginnings as a Greek city-state to its emergence as a multicultural trading hub during the Crusades, from the rebellion against Italian unification to the rise of the Mafia, the story of Sicily is rich with extraordinary moments and dramatic characters. Writing with his customary deftness and humor, Norwich outlines the surprising influence Sicily has had on world history—the Romans’ fascination with Greek civilization dates back to their sack of Sicily—and tells the story of one of the world’s most kaleidoscopic cultures in a galvanizing, contemporary way. This volume has been a long time coming—Norwich began to explore Sicily’s colorful history during his first visit to the island in the early 1960s. The dean of popular historians leads his readers through the millennia with the steady narrative hand of a master teacher or the world’s most learned tour guide. Like the island itself, Sicily is a book brimming with bold flavors that begs to be revisited again and again. Praise for Sicily “Suavely readable . . . The very model of a popular historian, [Norwich] writes to give pleasure to the common reader. And what pleasure it is.”—The Wall Street Journal “Entertaining on every page . . . There is something ancient and sorrowful in Sicily, ‘some dark, brooding quality,’ just as captivating as its spellbinding history or its beautiful and varied landscapes, from beaches to lemon groves, pine forests to volcanoes. . . . The most amiable and freewheeling of guides, Norwich will always find time for the amusing anecdote.”—The Sunday Times “Utterly engrossing . . . written with passion about the art and architecture of this magical island, filled with gossipy tidbits and sweeping historical theories.”—The Daily Beast “Dazzling . . . Norwich is an elegantly graceful and entertaining storyteller.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch “Charming . . . richly nuanced history relayed with enormous fondness.”—Kirkus Reviews “A brisk and always-lively tour.”—Open Letters Monthly “Norwich is deeply in love with Sicily. [His] boundless affection has inspired a determined effort to understand its painful past. The result is impressionistic, as love often is.”—The Times “Norwich sketches personalities vividly. . . . He does the island and the reader a generous service in providing such an amiable introduction.”—The Sunday Telegraph “Norwich tells [Sicily’s] long, sad but fascinating story with sympathy and brio.”—Literary Review
Author : Antonio Feros
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067497932X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)
Download or read book Speaking of Spain written by Antonio Feros and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Momentous changes swept Spain in the fifteenth century: royal marriage united its two largest kingdoms, the last Muslim emirate fell to Catholic armies, and conquests in the Americas were turning Spain into a great empire. Yet few people could define “Spanishness” concretely. Antonio Feros traces Spain’s evolving ideas of nationhood and ethnicity.
Author : William D. Phillips, Jr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521607213
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Concise History of Spain written by William D. Phillips, Jr and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging history of the rich cultural, social and political life of Spain from prehistoric times to the present.
Author : Gabriel Tortella Casares
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674000940
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Development of Modern Spain written by Gabriel Tortella Casares and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reinterpretation of the history of modern Spain from the Enlightenment to the threshold of the twenty-first century explains the surprising changes that took Spain from a backward and impoverished nation, with decades of stagnation, civil disorder, and military rule, to one of the ten most developed economies in the world. The culmination of twenty years' work by the dean of economic history in Spain, founder of the Revista de Historia Económica and recipient of the Premio Rey Juan Carlos, Spain's highest honor for an academic, the book is rigorously analytical and quantitative, but eminently accessible. It reveals views and approaches little explored until now, showing how the main stages of Spanish political history have been largely determined by economic developments and by a seldom mentioned factor: human capital formation. It is comparative throughout, and concludes by applying the lessons of Spanish history to the plight of today's developing nations.
Author : F. Xavier Medina Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313059683
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Download or read book Food Culture in Spain written by F. Xavier Medina Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-01-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish food culture has evolved around strong regional cuisines and representative elements. This volume offers an overview of Spanish food and eating habits, taking into account a long and complex history, plus distinctive social, cultural, linguistic, geographic, political, and economic characteristics. Spain's location at the crossroads of Europe and North Africa has made it a gastronomic melting pot, with Arab influences and New World ingredients particularly noted. Readers will learn about the unique food culture in each region and how food practices and dishes in the Iberian Peninsula have developed over the centuries. Typical dishes and drinks, especially the Spanish wines, are described in context, with many accompanying recipes. Gastronomy in Spain has always been of utmost importance. Recently, the new Spanish gastronomy has taken center stage with internationally recognized chefs. Spaniards are shown to be extremely social eaters and drinkers who like to eat out. The everyday routine of eating out, such as at work and school, is clarified as well. Home cooking and the Spanish kitchen get special attention. Finally, although Spanish food has always been associated with the highly touted Mediterranean diet, health concerns about current eating trends are discussed. A timeline, a chronology, and illustrations round out the coverage.
Author : Carrie Gibson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0230766188
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Download or read book Empire's Crossroads written by Carrie Gibson and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Empire's Crossroads, Carrie Gibson offers readers a vivid, authoritative and action-packed history of the Caribbean. For Gibson, everything was created in the West Indies: the Europe of today, its financial foundations built with sugar money: the factories and mills built as a result of the work of slaves thousands of miles away; the idea of true equality as espoused in Saint Domingue in the 1790s; the slow progress to independence; and even globalization and migration, with the ships passing to and fro taking people and goods in all possible directions, hundreds of years before the term 'globalization' was coined. From Cuba to Haiti, from Dominica to Martinique, from Jamaica to Trinidad, the story of the Caribbean is not simply the story of slaves and masters - but of fortune-seekers and pirates, scientists and servants, travellers and tourists. It is not only a story of imperial expansion - European and American - but of global connections, and also of life as it is lived in the islands, both in the past and today.
