Bullfighting |
John McCormick ISBN: 0765806576 Bullfighting: Art, Technique and Spanish Society. Inspired by Hemingway's accounts of bullfighting, but aware of the author's romanticization of the subject, this book is an analysis and critique of the origins and myths of the art, and a survey of the...(read more) |
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Contemporary Spain |
Christopher Ross ISBN: 0340762152 Contemporary Spain: A...(read more) |
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ETA |
Phillip Marguiles ISBN: 0823938182 ETA: Spain's Basque Terrorists (Inside the World's Most Infamous Terrorist Organizations) Concise surveys of the world's most notorious terrorist organizations Terrorism is the new warfare of the 21st-century, yet its soldiers remain shrouded in mystery. |
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Juan Carlos |
Paul Preston ISBN: 0006386938 Juan Carlos: Steering Spain from Dictatorship to Democracy. A powerful biography of Spain's great king, Juan Carlos, by the pre-eminent writer on 20th century Spanish history. There are two central mysteries in the life of Juan Carlos, one personal, the...(read more) |
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Spanish Politics Today |
John Gibbons ISBN: 0719049466 In comparison to many other areas of European political studies, contemporary Spain has received little attention. This text aims to fill this gap by describing and analyzing the institutions of government and, exploring the distinctive traits of its...(read more) |
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Speak the Culture: Spain : Be fluent in Spanish life and culture |
Andrew Whittaker ISBN: 1854186051 Spain is a complex country. Beyond the stereotypes of sangria and bullfighting lies a cultured mosaic of regions, languages and customs. "Speak the Culture: Spain" picks at the surface to uncover the key events, themes and people that have...(read more) |
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture |
David Thatcher Gies (Editor) ISBN: 0521574293 (Cambridge Companions to Culture) This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned...(read more) |
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The New Spaniards |
John Hooper ISBN: 0141016094 This is a fully revised, expanded and updated edition of this masterly portrayal of contemporary Spain. The restoration of democracy in 1977 heralded a period of intense change that continues today. Spain has become a land of extraordinary paradoxes in...(read more) |
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Spanish |
Drew Launay ISBN: 1902825438 (Xenophobe's Guide S.) The character, values and foibles of the...(read more) |
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When Bulls Cry |
Michael, A. Ogorzaly ISBN: 1425927726 When Bulls Cry: The Case Against Bullfighting is, as the title suggests, a work that puts the bullfight on trial and finds it guilty of extreme brutality and cruelty to animals. This is no legal brief, however. It is written from an historian's point of...(read more) |
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