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Book From Guernica to Guardiola

Download or read book From Guernica to Guardiola written by Adam Crafton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Pep Guardiola shatters records and confounds the norms of English football and players such as David De Gea and David Silva light up the national game, Spanish stars are transforming the way English football is conceived. But the origins of this particular Spanish invasion date back to 1937, when the Spanish Civil War led to a stream of refugees fleeing their country for the safe haven of England. Their families reveal how the refugees learned the game here, before returning to Spain where one would score Real Madrid’s first goal in the Bernabeu stadium and another would be the first man to conceive of Barcelona’s vaunted La Masia academy that would later launch stars such as Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Xavi Hernandez. In recent years the reputation of Spain’s footballers has grown, and every club craves a sprinkling of tiki-taka magic. Through dozens of exclusive interviews, Adam Crafton has spoken to many of the key Spanish figures who have come to England and he creates a compelling portrait of their impact on the English game. We discover how and why it is that some players, such as Xabi Alonso, Pepe Reina and Juan Mata, have had great success here, while others have toiled so painfully. But this is not just a footballing story, pure and simple. Crafton provides the historical and social context that helps to explain how the relationship between the two nations is constantly changing, yet always close. For anyone who enjoyed Jonathan Wilson’s Inverting the Pyramid or Sid Lowe’s Fear and Loathing in La Liga, this book is a revealing and brilliant insight into this most benign of Spanish invasions.

Book De Guernica a Guardiola

Download or read book De Guernica a Guardiola written by Adam Crafton and published by CÓRNER. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esta no es tan solo una historia sobre fútbol, Crafton nos ofrece un magistral desarrollo del contexto histórico y social que ayudará al lector a entender las relaciones entre dos naciones -España e Inglaterra- que han cambiado mucho en estas últimas décadas. Mientras Pep Guardiola destroza todos los récords y reinventa las normas del fútbol inglés y jugadores como David de Gea o David Silva iluminan los campos de la Premier League, las estrellas españolas están transformando el modo en el que el fútbol inglés fue concebido. Pero el origen de esta particular invasión de los españolas viene de hace muchos años, de 1937, cuando la Guerra Civil Española ocasionó un éxodo de gente huyendo de sus casas en búsqueda de un refugio seguro en Inglaterra. Familias enteras de refugiados que aprendieron de este maravilloso deporte en Inglaterra, antes de regresar a España donde muchos de ellos vieron los primeros goles del Real Madrid en el Santiago Bernabeu y muchos otros fueron testigos del nacimiento de La Masía, en donde años más tarde nacieron granes estrellas como Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta o Xavi Hernández entre muchos otros. Durante los últimos años, la reputación de los futbolistas españoles ha crecido, y los clubes ingleses se han lanzado a la búsqueda de los grandes intérpretes del tiki-taka. A través de cientos de entrevistas, Adam Crafton ha podido hablar con estas grandes figuras que emigraron al fútbol inglés y que ayudaron a crear el mayor impacto en el fútbol como nunca antes se había visto. En este maravilloso libro, descubriremos cómo y por qué algunos jugadores como Xabi Alonso, Pepe Reina o Juan Mata han tenido carreras repletas de triunfos, mientras algunos otros fallaron en el intento. Reseña: «Un más que inteligente estudio repleto de información inédita. Un libro muy bien cimentado que debería convertirse en lectura obligada para todos los que aman el fútbol. Adam Crafton es sin duda alguna, el estandarte del nuevo periodismo deportivo de Inglaterra.» Ian Herbert

Book Guernica  Guernica

    Book Details:
  • Author : Herbert Southworth
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2023-09-01
  • ISBN : 0520336372
  • Pages : 566 pages

Download or read book Guernica Guernica written by Herbert Southworth and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.

Book Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds

Download or read book Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds written by P. Lacasa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how children's video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several commercial video games and shows how they can be used both in and out of the classroom to teach initiative and problem-solving, encourage creativity, promote literacy, and develop reasoning skills.

Book Life in La Liga

Download or read book Life in La Liga written by Rab MacWilliam and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Life in La Liga, football writer Rab MacWilliam delves to the heart of one of Europe's most historically and politically complex nations to explore its rich football history, examining its deep-rooted rivalries and internecine vendettas, and the undoubtedly impressive standard of its football clubs. From the big five of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid and Valencia, to the likes of Sevilla, Real Sociedad, Deportivo de La Coruna, Real Zaragoza, Celta de Vigo, Espanyol, Real Betis and Sporting Gijon, McWilliam laces an entertainingly informative narrative with short biographies of the Spanish game's main participants, players, and characters, as well as reflections on the humorous, tragic and pivotal events that have taken place since the Spanish league's origins in the late nineteenth century on its journey to becoming the dominant force in the global game that it is today.

Book Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture written by Professor Eamonn Rodgers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some 750 alphabetically-arranged entries provide insights into recent cultural and political developments within Spain, including the cultures of Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque country. Coverage spans from the end of the Civil War in 1939 to the present day, with emphasis on the changes following the demise of the Franco dictatorship in 1975. Entries range from shorter, factual articles to longer overview essays offering in-depth treatment of major issues. Culture is defined in its broadest sense. Entries include: *Antonio Gaudí * science * Antonio Banderas * golf * dance * education * politics * racism * urbanization This Encyclopedia is essential reading for anyone interested in Spanish culture. It provides essential cultural context for students of Spanish, European History, Comparative European Studies and Cultural Studies.

Book Iberian Books   Libros ib  ricos  IB

Download or read book Iberian Books Libros ib ricos IB written by Alexander S. Wilkinson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue offers the first comprehensive listing of all books published in Spain, Portugal, Mexico and Peru or in Spanish or Portuguese before 1601. It describes over 19,000 bibliographically distinct items, with references to 100,000 surviving copies in over 1,200 libraries worldwide.

Book Soccer  Culture and Society in Spain

Download or read book Soccer Culture and Society in Spain written by Mariann Vaczi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish soccer is on top of the world, at international and club level, with the best teams and a seemingly endless supply of exciting and stylish players. While the Spanish economy struggles, its soccer flourishes, deeply embedded throughout Spanish social and cultural life. But the relationship between soccer, culture and national identity in Spain is complex. This fascinating, in-depth study shines new light on Spanish soccer by examining the role this sport plays in Basque identity, consolidated in Athletic Club of Bilbao, the century-old soccer club located in the birthplace of Basque nationalism. Athletic Bilbao has a unique player recruitment policy, allowing only Basque-born players or those developed at the youth academies of Basque clubs to play for the team, a policy that rejects the internationalism of contemporary globalised soccer. Despite this, the club has never been relegated from the top division of Spanish football. A particularly tight bond exists between fans, their club and the players, with Athletic representing a beacon of Basque national identity. This book is an ethnography of a soccer culture where origins, nationalism, gender relations, power and passion, lifecycle events and death rituals gain new meanings as they become, below and beyond the playing field, a matter of creative contention and communal affirmation. Based on unique, in-depth ethnographic research, this book investigates how a soccer club and soccer fandom affect the life of a community, interweaving empirical research material with key contemporary themes in the social sciences, and placing the study in the wider context of Spanish political and sporting cultures. Filling a key gap in the literature on contemporary Spain, and on wider soccer cultures, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport, anthropology, sociology, political science, or cultural and gender studies.

Book Morbo

    Book Details:
  • Author : Phil Ball
  • Publisher : WSC Books Limited
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780954013462
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book Morbo written by Phil Ball and published by WSC Books Limited. This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book La Roja

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jimmy Burns
  • Publisher : Bold Type Books
  • Release : 2012-05-29
  • ISBN : 1568587171
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book La Roja written by Jimmy Burns and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of soccer in Spain, from the early years to the emergence of rival teams FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, and places the timeline alongside the political history of the nation.

Book Soccer in Spain

Download or read book Soccer in Spain written by Timothy J. Ashton and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soccer has the unique ability to represent and strengthen different cultural identities and ideologies throughout the world. Perhaps nowhere can this be seen more prominently than in Spain, which has surged to the forefront of the world’s most popular sport. The national team has won the last two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup, while the two preeminent club teams in Spain, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, have reached the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Even before the sport became a global phenomenon, soccer had established a strong connection with Spanish identity and culture. In Soccer in Spain: Politics, Literature, and Film, Timothy J. Ashton examines the sport’s association with Spanish culture and society. In this volume, Ashton demonstrates how Spain’s soccer clubs reflected the politics of the region they represented and continue to reflect them today. The author also explores the often-tenuous relationship between the intellectual classes and the soccer community in Spain. Although some of the country’s most highly-praised literary figures had a passion for soccer—which was often reflected in their work—many intellectuals deemed the topic unsuitable for critical study. Ashton also discusses how soccer films faced a similar rebuff from Spanish intellectuals, though the popularity of these films has grown in recent years. As soccer continues to be one of the modern world’s most significant representations of globalization, its importance as a cultural touchpoint cannot be ignored. For anyone wanting to learn more about the relationship between soccer, politics, and popular culture, this volume offers critical insights. Soccer in Spain is a valuable read for students and scholars of Spanish political history, literature, film, and sport.

Book Nations and Nationalism  4 volumes

Download or read book Nations and Nationalism 4 volumes written by Guntram H. Herb and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-05-22 with total page 2204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and revealing compilation of essays analyzing the varied dimensions of national identities and nationalisms across world regions and through time. The pervasiveness of nationalism, its many manifestations over the centuries, and the widely scattered way it has been studied make it a particularly difficult subject to approach and explore. ABC-CLIO offers the finest comprehensive reference available on an essential topic in modern world history. Across four volumes, Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview covers all aspects of nationalism, in all parts of the world, from the time of the French Revolution to the present day. Nations and Nationalism helps students, researchers, and other interested readers explore national identities and nationalistic movements in historical context. Organized chronologically, its four volumes combine thematic essays on different characteristics of nationalism with case studies of key historical developments involving specific nations at specific times. The encyclopedia focuses on Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia, with featured coverage of nationalist cultural creations, including literature, music, symbols, and mythologies.

Book Diccionario Manual Enciclop  dico Ilustrado de la Lengua Castellana

Download or read book Diccionario Manual Enciclop dico Ilustrado de la Lengua Castellana written by Saturnino Calleja y Fernandez and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 2004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Literature and Inner Exile

Download or read book Literature and Inner Exile written by Paul Ilie and published by Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chase s Calendar of Events 2024

Download or read book Chase s Calendar of Events 2024 written by Editors of Chase's and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-10-15 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out what's going on any day of the year, anywhere across the globe! Since 1957, Chase's Calendar of Events lists everything worth knowing and celebrating for each day of the year: 12,500 holidays, national days, historical milestones, famous birthdays, festivals, sporting events and more. Publishers Weekly has cited it as "one of the most impressive reference volumes in the world." Library Journal named the 67th edition (A 2024 Starred Review) "an invaluable resource for trivia fans, planners, media professionals, teachers, and librarians.” From national days to celebrity birthdays, from historical milestones to astronomical phenomena, from award ceremonies and sporting events to religious festivals and carnivals, Chase's is the must-have reference used by experts and professionals—a one-stop shop with 12,500 entries for everything that is happening now or is worth remembering from the past. Completely updated for 2024, Chase's also features extensive appendices as well as a companion website that puts the power of Chase's at the user's fingertips. 2024is packed with special events and observances, including National days and public holidays of every nation on Earth Scores of new special days, weeks and months--such as International Day of Zero Waste or World Eel Day Famous birthdays of new world leaders, lauded authors and breakout celebrities Info on the 2024 Great North American Eclipse. Info on the restoration and reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris. Info on milestone anniversaries, such as the 300th birth anniversary of Immanuel Kant, the 250th anniversary of the First Continental Congress, the 100th birth anniversary of James Baldwin and more. Information on such special events as the International Year of Camelids and the Paris Olympics or Euro 2024. And much more!

Book Being Against the World

    Book Details:
  • Author : Oscar Guardiola-Rivera
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 2008-07-17
  • ISBN : 1134046243
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Being Against the World written by Oscar Guardiola-Rivera and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we save politics from the politician? How can we save ourselves? This book looks at the example of those who leave the city and break the social contract, rebellious exiles and freedom fighters escaping the wheel of necessity, and learns from them.

Book How a Revolutionary Art Became Official Culture

Download or read book How a Revolutionary Art Became Official Culture written by Mary K. Coffey and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the reciprocal relationship between Mexican muralism and the three major Mexican museums&—the Palace of Fine Arts, the National History Museum, and the National Anthropology Museum.