Adrian Shubert: 2 books
Death and Money in The Afternoon
A History of the Spanish Bullfight
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 1999
Bullfighting has long been perceived as an antiquated, barbarous legacy from Spain's medieval past. In fact, many of that country's best poets, philosophers, and intellectuals have accepted the corrida as the embodiment of Spain's rejection of the modern world. In his brilliant new interpretation...
by Adrian Shubert
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Insightful and accessible, A Social History of Modern Spain is the first comprehensive social history of modern Spain in any language. Adrian Shubert analyzes the social development of Spain since 1800. He explores the social conflicts at the root of the Spanish Civil War and how that war and the...