Spain in Perspective: An Introduction to Its History, Art, And Culture,9788433830890

Spain in Perspective: An Introduction to Its History, Art, And Culture

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ISBN13: 9788433830890
ISBN10: 8433830899
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-03-15
Publisher(s): Pujol & Amado S L L
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Table of Contents

Introduction 7(4)
Geography and its relation to the historical development of Spain
11(8)
Before we start
11(2)
Reading: Geographical Features of the Iberian Peninsula
13(3)
To recapitulate
16(3)
Early Settlements
19(8)
Before we start
19(1)
Reading: The first known settlers of the Iberian Peninsula
20(4)
To recapitulate
24(1)
Notes for a visit to the Archaelogical Museum in Seville
25(2)
Roman Hispania
27(10)
Before we start
27(1)
Reading: The Romans and the Visigoths in the Iberian Peninsula
28(4)
To recapitulate
32(1)
Notes for a visit to Italica
33(1)
Visit Task
34(1)
Notes for a visit to the Aqueduct of Segovia
34(1)
Notes for a visit to Visigothic Toledo
35(1)
Visit Task
35(2)
Al-Andalus
37(14)
Before we start
37(1)
Reading: The Muslim Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula
38(4)
To recapitulate
42(2)
Notes for a visit to the Albayzin
44(1)
Visit Task
45(1)
Notes for a visit to the Alhambra
46(3)
Visit Task
49(2)
The Reconquest
51(14)
Before we start
51(1)
Reading: The Reconquest and the Origins of Spanish Diversity
52(2)
To recapitulate
54(1)
Notes for a visit to the Alcazar de Segovia
55(2)
Visit Task
57(1)
Notes for a visit to Toledo
57(2)
Visit Task
59(1)
Notes for a visit to the Cathedral and the Royal Chapel in Granada
60(3)
Visit Task
63(2)
The Spanish Empire
65(10)
Before we start
65(1)
Reading: The Spanish Empire
66(4)
To recapitulate
70(1)
Notes for a visit to El Escorial
71(2)
Visit Task
73(2)
Crisis and Decline
75(14)
Before we start
75(1)
Reading: The Habsburgs -- Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
76(4)
Reading: The Bourbons -- Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
80(3)
To recapitulate
83(1)
Notes for a visit to The Royal Palace
84(1)
Visit Task
85(1)
Notes for a visit to The Prado Museum
86(1)
Visit Task
87(2)
From the 1898 Crisis to General Franco's Dictatorship
89(12)
Before we start
89(1)
Reading: The Disaster of 1898 and the Crisis of the Parliamentary Monarchy
90(3)
Reading: From the Republic to the Civil War and General Franco's Dictatorship
93(3)
To recapitulate
96(2)
Notes for a visit to La Huerta de San Vicente
98(1)
Visit Task
99(2)
Transition to Democracy
101(6)
Before we start
101(1)
Reading: The Years after Franco
101(4)
To recapitulate
105(2)
Art and Culture in Spain Today
107(8)
Before we start
107(1)
Reading: The Twentieth Century
107(6)
To recapitulate
113(1)
Notes for a visit to the Reina Sofia Art Museum
114(1)
Visit Task
114(1)
Current Social Trends
115(6)
Before we start
115(1)
Reading: Spanish Society: From Francoism to the Political Transition
115(4)
To recapitulate
119(2)
Spain, Past, Present, and Future
121(6)
Before we start
121(1)
Reading: Stereotypes and Visions from Abroad
121(4)
To recapitulate
125(2)
Visit Log 127(2)
Appendixes 129(14)
Glossary of Terms 143

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