[Greenwood Press]
Kategoria: Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna
Every school and public library should update its resources on
Spain with this lively and succinct narrative of
Spain's long and rich historical experience. Emphasizing
people rather...
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Every school and public library should update its resources on
Spain with this lively and succinct narrative of Spain's long and
rich historical experience. Emphasizing people rather than abstract
developments, this narrative makes Spanish history readable and
engaging. Based on the most recent scholarship, it examines the
politics, society, economy, and culture of Spain chronologically,
focusing on the last two centuries. Pierson, a noted authority on
Spanish history, traces Spain's foundations in the Roman empire and
Muslim conquest to its golden age in the late Middle Ages, its
subsequent decline, and its struggle to build a democratic
government and modern economy following the dictatorship of
Francisco Franco. The work provides a timeline of events in Spanish
history, brief biographies of key figures, and a bibliographic
essay of interest to students and general readers. An introductory
chapter offers an overview of Spain today, its geography,
government and politics, economy, religion, and culture. The next
few chapters discuss its earliest cultures, its place in the Roman
empire, its Christianization and years as a Germanic kingdom, and
its incorporation in 711 C.E. by military conquest into the world
of Islam.The energies developed in the Christian reconquest of
Spain led to its embarkation on the conquest of an overseas empire
in the Americas and the Philippines that lasted for more than 300
years and had a profound effect on global history. The interests of
the Habsburg (1516-1700) and Bourbon (1700-1808, 1814-1868, and
1875-1931) dynasties on the Spanish throne made Spain a major
player in European power politics into the years of the French
Revolution and Napoleonic wars. By 1825, its resources drained,
Spain painfully adjusted to straightened circumstances, endured
civil wars and dictatorships, and struggled to build a democratic
government and modern economy, which it has accomplished today.
