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Book Espa  a

    Book Details:
  • Author : Giles Tremlett
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2022-09-20
  • ISBN : 1639730583
  • Pages : 329 pages

Download or read book Espa a written by Giles Tremlett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A book of rich detail.”--The Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of Ghosts of Spain Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer with color illustrations throughout. Spain's position on Europe's southwestern corner has exposed the country to cultural, political, and literal winds blowing from all quadrants throughout the country's ancient history. Africa lies a mere nine miles to the south, separated by the Strait of Gibraltar-a mountain range struck, Spaniards believe, by Hercules, in an immaculate and divine display of strength. The Mediterranean connects Spain to the civilizational currents of Phoenicians, Romans, Carthaginians, and Byzantines as well as the Arabic lands of the near east. Hordes from the Russian steppes were amongst the first to arrive. They would be followed by Visigoths, Arabs, and Napoleonic armies and many more invaders and immigrants. Circular winds and currents extended its borders to the American continent, allowing it to conquer and colonize much of the New World as the first ever global empire. Spain, as we know it today, was made by generations-worth of changing peoples, worshipping Christian, Jewish, and Muslim gods over time. The foundation of its story has been drawn and debated, celebrated and reproached. Whenever it has tried to deny its heterogeneity and create a “pure” national identity, the narrative has proved impossible to maintain. In España, Giles Tremlett, who has lived in and written about Spain for over thirty years, swiftly traces every stretch of Spain's history to argue that a lack of a homogenous identity is Spain's defining trait. With gorgeous color images, España is perfect for lovers of Spain and fans of international history.

Book Espana

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  • Author : James Campbell Caruso
  • Publisher : Gibbs Smith
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 1423624238
  • Pages : 235 pages

Download or read book Espana written by James Campbell Caruso and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2012 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including the chef's guide to classic Spanish ingredients, this beautifully photographed collection entails tapas (small bites) of meat, seafood and vegetables; scrumptious soups; hearty main dishes; and delectable desserts, all using fresh produce, the finest cheeses and meats, and special spices.

Book Culturas de Espa  a

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  • Author : Carmen Pereira-Muro
  • Publisher : Cengage Learning
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780618063123
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Culturas de Espa a written by Carmen Pereira-Muro and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Related publisher website provides links to Spanish-language sites relevant to each chapter.

Book Espana Viva

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  • Author :
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  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Espana Viva written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book En Comunidad

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  • Author : Carla Espana
  • Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
  • Release : 2020
  • ISBN : 9780325112480
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book En Comunidad written by Carla Espana and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides practical help for undoing the deficit perspective that is frequently applied to Latinx bilingual students. This deficit perspective limits educators from getting to know bilingual learners and has lasting effects on children's self-concept, socio-emotional growth and academic development. As emergent bilingual Latinx children become the majority in PK-12 schools, and as Latinx communities face increasing socio-political hostility, it is urgent that we shift to teaching practices that honor the knowledge students engage every day across different contexts. Schooling impacts how societal norms are reproduced, contested or reimagined, and the lessons, along with the pedagogical framework that we present in this book, can create that opportunity to fully embrace the ways we can connect with our students and have an impact beyond the classroom. This book offers lessons with a decolonized bilingual sustaining pedagogy approach: a culturally sustaining topic having to do with language practices, literacies, and power texts that show different ways we engage with language practices translanguaging (using all of one's linguistic repertoire, this includes different features of named languages such as Spanish and English) as the way bilingual students communicate, the way we teach, and the way we strive for social justice"--

Book Stories from Spain   Historias de Espa  a  Premium Third Edition

Download or read book Stories from Spain Historias de Espa a Premium Third Edition written by Genevieve Barlow and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy tales from Spain while sharpening your new language skills! Practice and improve your reading skills in your new language while enjoying the support of your native tongue with Stories from Spain, Third Edition. Both insightful and practical, this book features Spanish and English stories presented in a side-by-side format that saves you the inconvenience of constantly having to look up unfamiliar words and expressions in a dictionary. Simply read as much as you can understand in your new language and refer to the facing page for help, if needed. A bilingual vocabulary list featured at the end of the book serves as a handy reference for new words. The best way to learn about a new culture is through its folktales and legends. The eighteenth fascinating stories offer valuable insights into the rich culture of Spain. And now you can hear the stories read aloud by native Spanish speakers online and via app. This new edition gives you access to a full 60 minutes of audio—twelve of the stories included in the book. Hearing the stories read aloud in their original language will help increase your comprehension and pronunciation skills even more. Stories from Spain, Third Edition brings you: • A convenient side-by-side presentation with English on one page and Spanish on the facing page • Eighteen short stories from Spain • Extensive English-Spanish and Spanish-English vocabulary lists • 60 minutes of audio recordings read by native Spanish speakers and available online or via app

Book Ghosts of Spain

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  • Author : Giles Tremlett
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2008-03-13
  • ISBN : 0802716741
  • Pages : 402 pages

Download or read book Ghosts of Spain written by Giles Tremlett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-03-13 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eloquent odyssey through Spain's dark history journeys into the heart of the Spanish Civil War to examine the causes and consequences of a painful recent past, as well as its repercussions in terms of the discovery of mass graves containing victims of Franco's death squads and the lives of modern-day Spaniards. Reprint.

Book Stories from Spain Historias de Espana  Second Edition

Download or read book Stories from Spain Historias de Espana Second Edition written by Genevieve Barlow and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-05-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the tales of Spain--in Spanish and in English! In Stories from Spain/Historias de Espana, we've placed the Spanish and English stories side by side--lado a lado--so you can practice and improve your reading skills in your new language while enjoying the support of your native tongue. This way, you'll avoid the inconvenience of constantly having to look up unfamiliar words and expressions in a dictionary. Read as much as you can understand, and then look to the facing page for help if necessary. As you read, you can check your comprehension by comparing the two versions of the story. You'll also find a bilingual vocabulary list at the end of the book, so you'll have a handy reference for new words. Stories from Spain/Historias de Espana gives you the chance to Enjoy 18 tales that will introduce you to an array of characters--kings, nobles, rogues, and pirates Fine-tune your language skills while gaining insight into the rich cultural heritage of the Spanish people Improve your reading and listening skills with free audio downloads of six chapters from the book at mhprofessional.com Genevieve Barlow and William N. Stivers are experienced Spanish educators and authors.

Book Birds of Spain

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  • Release :
  • ISBN : 9788416728022
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Birds of Spain written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book La Espa  a que sobrevive

Download or read book La Espa a que sobrevive written by Fernando Díaz-Plaja and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1996-12-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students of Spanish language and culture can now benefit from a text that provides them with an understanding of contemporary Spanish history and society while refining their knowledge of the language and expanding their vocabulary. La España que sobrevive (originally published in Madrid in 1987) explores the aftermath of the Franco era in Spain. It presents an objective and nonpartisan, yet humorous and affectionate, view of the important aspects of contemporary Spanish history and society. Topics include the transition to democracy; regionalism and nationalism; key players in current affairs; important institutions such as the monarchy, military, and the church; sexual mores; culture; the media; and politicized approaches to Spanish history. For this edition, William W. Cressey has edited Fernando Díaz-Plaja's text to make it accessible to English-speaking students at an advanced level of Spanish reading skills. Cressey has also added study aids to the book—vocabulary and footnotes, glosses on proper names, questions for discussion, notes on grammar and rhetoric, and exercises. The study aids are gradually phased out, so that the final chapter is presented as stand-alone reading without any supplementary materials. Cressey's adaptation of Díaz-Plaja's highly respected work provides an alternative to literary sources for foreign language instruction—a new resource for teaching foreign languages across the curriculum and instruction through content. Bridging the gap between the fairly simple intermediate readers and texts written for adult native speakers, this book can serve as either a supplementary or main text in the advanced study of language or history, or in preparation for study abroad. La España que sobrevive is a practical tool for teaching not only the language but also the many facets of modern Spanish culture.

Book Censura y recepci  n de Hemingway en Espa  a

Download or read book Censura y recepci n de Hemingway en Espa a written by Douglas Edward Laprade and published by Universitat de València. This book was released on 2005 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aquest llibre és un estudi de la censura i recepció que les obres d’Ernest Hemingway van tenir a Espanya. En el primer capítol es demostra que quan el nord-americà va escriure «Per a qui toquen les campanes» defensava la política cultural de l’Aliança d'Intel·lectuals Antifeixistes per a la Defensa de la Cultura. A més, s’hi ofereix una anàlisi al·legòrica de la novel·la amb l’objectiu de demostrar com el text s’assembla a les al·legories d’Alberti. El segon capítol resumeix la crítica espanyola sobre les obres de Hemingway. Es fa atenció especial a les ressenyes anticipades que es publicaren a Espanya abans que els seus llibres apareguessen en el país. Cinc dels set capítols d’aquest llibre són resultat de la recerca que s’ha dut a terme en l’Arxiu General de l’Administració d’Alcalá de Henares. El tercer capítol és un resum dels expedients compilats pels censors espanyols sobre les obres de l’escriptor publicades a Espanya durant el règim de Franco. El quart comenta l’expedient que els censors franquistes van reunir sobre el llibre «Hemingway, entre la vida y la muerte», de l’autor espanyol José Luis Castillo-Puche. Aquest capítol demostra com els censors controlaren la crítica sobre Hemingway, a més de censurar els llibres de l’escriptor. El cinquè capítol reprodueix i comenta la correspondència sobre el film «Per a qui toquen les campanes» enviada entre l’ambaixador d’Espanya a Washington i els cònsols espanyols als Estats Units. El sisè capítol publica i comenta la correspondència sobre el film «Les neus del Kilimanjaro» enviada entre els diplomàtics espanyols destinats als Estats Units. El setè estudia l’expedient compilat sobre Gustavo Durán, amic de Hemingway durant la Guerra Civil i personatge de la novel·la «Per a qui toquen les campanes». Aquest expedient aporta una nova interpretació de les al·lusions al poble d’Usera en la novel·la de Hemingway.

Book Cultura y conciencia imperial en la Espa  a del siglo XIX

Download or read book Cultura y conciencia imperial en la Espa a del siglo XIX written by Alda Blanco and published by Universitat de València. This book was released on 2015-05-16 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mitjançant una exploració de diverses representacions culturals que es van dur a terme en la segona meitat del segle XIX, aquest volum mostra que en l'imaginari de l'Espanya metropolitana de l'època existia una identitat imperial que ha desaparegut quasi per complet de la historiografia contemporània. L'autora analitza les petjades de l'imperi que es troben en l'Exposició de les Illes Filipines a Madrid (1887) i la commemoració del IV Centenari del Descobriment d'Amèrica (1892), entre altres representacions del repertori simbòlic de l'imaginari nacional, i explora una sèrie de textos, objectes i pràctiques culturals que posen de manifest aquella consciència imperial que, fins a ben entrat el segle XX, estava imbricada en la identitat de la nació malgrat haver patit l'imperi dues importants descolonitzacions en 1824 i en 1898.

Book Historia de los musulmanes de Espa  a Libro I   Libro II

Download or read book Historia de los musulmanes de Espa a Libro I Libro II written by Reinhart Dozy and published by Turner. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fruto de largos años de trabajo y de una prodigiosa labor de investigación original, la "Historia de los musulmanes de España", obra cumbre del filólogo e historiador holandés Reinhart P. Dozy, provocó de inmediato una verdadera revolución en el campo de los estudios arábigos. La utilización de fuentes y documentos de primera mano, hasta entonces inexplorados, un estilo literario de gran belleza y una estructura narrativa impecable la convirtieron en un clásico de la historiografía moderna. Pasado más de un siglo desde su primera edición, continúa siendo la obra de referencia erudita a la que recurren los estudiosos del tema y una lectura cautivante para todos aquellos interesados en un a de las facetas más apasionantes de la historia de España. Publicada ahora en dos tomos, "La historia de los musulmanes de España" comprende el período que media entre los años 711 y 1110, o sea, hasta la conquista de Andalucía por los almorávides.

Book Alaban  as de Espa  a  una traducci  n an  nima e in  dita del De preconiis Hispanie de Juan Gil de Zamora

Download or read book Alaban as de Espa a una traducci n an nima e in dita del De preconiis Hispanie de Juan Gil de Zamora written by COSTAS RODRÍGUEZ Jenaro and published by Editorial UNED. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hacia 1278 el fraile franciscano Juan Gil de Zamora escribía la obra De preconiis Hispanie, que dedicaba al hijo de Alfonso X, el príncipe Sancho, más tarde rey Sancho IV. Se puede decir que la finalidad de la obra era la instrucción del príncipe, para lo cual trata una serie de temas que considera formativos y constituyen el contenido de la obra: los primeros pobladores de España, la fertilidad de sus tierras, las cualidades que deben tener los príncipes (largueza, fortaleza, fidelidad, paciencia, perseverancia), todo ello acompañado de exempla de hombres famosos de la Antigüedad, las figuras históricas, tanto políticas (emperadores hispanos) como literarias (poetas e historiadores) y religiosas (santos), la historia más reciente de España y una visión de la historia universal, resaltando siempre los aspectos moralizantes. Pese a su relación con la corte de Alfonso X, impulsor del uso del romance en obras históricas, Juan Gil utilizó el latín para su obra. Para paliar el escaso conocimiento de la lengua latina que había entre muchos miembros de la nobleza se hacían traducciones como la que presentamos aquí. El manuscrito de esta traducción, con el título de Alabanças de España, perteneció al marqués de Santillana, como indican algunas notas marginales, y es de suponer que era una ayuda para leer el De preconiis Hispanie de Juan Gil. Ha permanecido inédita hasta el presente, por lo que consideramos que su publicación es una excelente contribución para los estudiosos en general y especialmente para la historia de la lengua española.

Book Historia m  nima de Espa  a

Download or read book Historia m nima de Espa a written by Juan Pablo Fusi and published by Turner. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Una brevísima historia de España desde Altamira hasta el siglo XXI en 300 páginas (el que incluyen cronología, bibliografía y mapas originales) escrita por uno de los historiadores más prestigiosos de nuestro país: Juan Pablo Fusi. Un libro imprescindible para lectores de todas las edades, conocedores o no de la historia de España, para recordar, reflexionar, aprender o imaginar. La tesis del autor es que la historia siempre ha podido ser otra, que la historia no está determinada ni es inevitable. Con mapas originales, diseñados en exclusiva para este libro por Javier Belloso (colaborador del suplemento El Viajero de El País) Juan Pablo Fusi (San Sebastián, 1945) catedrático de Historia Contemporánea de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, doctor en Historia y en Filosofía. En el extranjero se formó en Oxford con el profesor Raymond Carr. Entre 1976 y 1980 fue director del Centro de Estudios Ibéricos del St. Antony’s College de esa universidad. Entre 1986 y 1991 fue director de la Biblioteca Nacional (Madrid).

Book Espa  a a tu alcance

Download or read book Espa a a tu alcance written by Peter Furnborough and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: España a tu alcance provides intermediate students with a genuine insight into Spanish culture via a range of practical activities and exercises. The course includes many unscripted recordings of interviews with Spaniards from a variety of geographical areas. Students explore these recordings through activities designed to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. This course suitable for classroom use or independent learning.

Book Espa  a a finales de la Edad Media  2  Sociedad

Download or read book Espa a a finales de la Edad Media 2 Sociedad written by Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada and published by Dykinson. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El volumen primero de España a finales de la Edad Media (2017) ya trató sobre algunos marcos y fundamentos del orden social como son las realidades geográficas, la población y, en especial, el sistema económico y su funcionamiento, incluyendo una aproximación a los grupos sociales que intervenían en la producción y distribución de bienes. Este segundo volumen tiene como objeto estudiar el conjunto de la estructura social, su dinámica y las relaciones que se establecen en el seno de la sociedad, en diversos ámbitos y modalidades: Iglesia, nobleza y señoríos, campesinos, ciudades y municipios, grupos marginales, judíos, mudéjares. El tiempo histórico a considerar discurre desde mediados del siglo XIII hasta comienzos del XVI y, como e el primer volumen, se ofrece una amplia guía bibliográfica clasificada por materias para dar a conocer el estado de las investigaciones y gran parte de las publicaciones especializadas.