Phillips, Jr, William D. (University of Minnesota), Carla Rahn Phillips (University of Minnesota)

A Concise History of Spain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An updated edition of this concise survey of Spain's complex history from prehistoric times to the present, focusing particularly on culture, society, politics, and personalities. Written in an engaging style and using illustrations, maps and guides to further reading, it introduces key themes that shaped Spain's rich history and culture.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Concise Histories
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9781107525054
• ISBN-10: 1107525055
• Artikelnr.: 43364500

Autorenporträt

William D. Phillips, Jr is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Minnesota and directed the Center for Early Modern History there from 2001 to 2008. His previous publications include Testimonies from the Columbian Lawsuits (edited, 2000), The Worlds of Christopher Columbus (with Carla Rahn Phillips, 1992, recipient of the 'Spain in America [Second] Prize', awarded by the Spanish government), and Enrique IV and the Crisis of Fifteenth-Century Castile, 1425-1480 (1978). He has also written extensively on the history of slavery, including Slavery in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia (2013) and Slavery from Roman Times to the Early Transatlantic Trade (1985).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The land and its early inhabitants
2. Ancient legacies
3. Diversity in medieval Spain
4. The rise of Spain to international prominence
5. Spain as the first global empire
6. Toward modernity: from the Napoleonic invasion to Alfonso XIII
7. The struggle for the Spanish soul: republic, civil war, and dictatorship
8. New Spain, new Spaniards: European, democratic, and multicultural
Chronology and rulers
Guide to further information
Index.