Spain category: 3192 books

Scholars, journalists, and politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain—“al-Andalus”—as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony.   There is only one problem with this widely accepted account: it is a myth.   In this groundbreaking book, Northwestern...

  Enjoy your trip to Spain with the Fuerteventura Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to Spain Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting destination...

In the shrewd, comical spirit of Peter Mayle and Bill Bryson, Derek Lambert discovers the charms and idiosyncrasies of Spain as he experiences the rewards and frustrations of beginning a new life there. As Lambert and his wife set about restoring their moldering casita on Spain’s Mediterranean...

A master chronicler of the African-American experience, Richard Wright brilliantly expanded his literary horizons with Pagan Spain, originally published in 1957. The Spain he visited in the mid-twentieth century was not the romantic locale of song and story, but a place of tragic beauty and dangerous...

Simon Prichard fell in love with Spain when he was 17, only to spurn it in favour of a career, a serious relationship and a precarious foothold on the London property ladder. Twenty years later, when he lost his job, left his wife and started living in his car, he decided to try and patch things up...

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC Level: A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History...

I like to think there’s a story already sealed within each of us. Some of us take a long time to uncover, decipher and assent to it. We start our search when we find that the stories we’ve attached ourselves to prove no longer accurate, their themes too limited … I’m talking about the midlife ...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the Costa de la Luz coastal region of Spain ("Coast of Light") from Tarifa in the south, along the coasts of the Province of Cádiz and the Province of Huelva, to the mouth of the Guadiana River. A popular destination for vacationing Spaniards,...

  Enjoy your trip to Spain with the Fuengirola & Benalmadena Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to Spain Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting...

  Enjoy your trip to Spain with the Madrid Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to Spain Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting destination of...

  Enjoy your trip to Spain with the Seville Travel Guide: Sights, Culture, Food, Shopping & Fun.   The Quick Trips to Spain Series provides key information about the best sights and experiences if you have just a few days to spend in the exciting destination of...

The present book analyzes the relationship between internal migration, urbanization and democratization in Spain during the period of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship (1939-1975) and Spain's transition to democracy (1975-1982). Specifically, the book explores the production and management of...

Since Spain’s transition to democracy there has been rapid economic modernization, the establishment of a functioning liberal democracy, and a cultural renaissance. One area in which ordinary Spaniards have noted a massive change since the 1970s has been in the transformation of the road and rail...

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.