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Un pueblo abandonado
En este libro se describe de una forma clara y concisa las características del pueblo saharaui pre colonial, la llegada de los españoles al Sahara Occidental, sus avatares y su consolidación en dicho territorio, la evolución de la política española en relación al Sahara, sus relaciones con la población autóctona, las contradicciones, represión, lucha armada de liberación y, finalmente, el abandono y cesión a Marruecos y Mauritania al margen de las Naciones Unidas. Esta obra destapa sin reserva alguna toda una serie de engaños infringidos por parte de España a los saharauis a los cuales consideró hasta 1976, a todos los efectos, españoles y debería haber llevado a la descolonización de conformidad con la legalidad internacional.
Amnistia i llibertat!
El 28 d'octubre de 1973 la policia va detenir cent tretze persones a l'església de Santa Maria Mitjancera de Barcelona. Totes elles participaven en una reunió clandestina de l'Assemblea de Catalunya, l'organisme unitari de l'oposició catalana constituït el 7 de novembre de 1971. A partir d'aquest fet, Agustí Colomines i Companys ens parla del canvi cultural i polític de finals dels anys seixanta i principis dels setanta del segle XX, que va propiciar la confluència unitària de diversos grups enfrontats des de la fi de la Guerra Civil. Al crit d' Amnistia i llibertat!, els treballadors de les fàbriques, els estudiants, els veïns dels barris i dels pobles de tot Catalunya van ser els...
The Anointed
A masterful and subsersive retelling of the Biblical story of David and Bathsheba, by an award-winning novelist at the height of his powers '[A] fierce, sinewy novel' Howard Jacobsen 'A wonderfully rich novel. Arditti brings Ancient Israel to life' Allan Massie, Scotsman Michal is a princess, Abigail a wealthy widow, and Bathsheba a soldier's bride, but as women in Ancient Israel their destiny is the same: to obey their fathers, serve their husbands and raise their children. Marriage to King David seems to offer them an escape, but behind the trappings of power they discover a deeply conflicted man. The legendary hero who slew Goliath, founded Jerusalem and saved Israel is also a vicious despot who murders his rivals, massacres his captives and menaces his harem. Michael Arditti's masterly new novel centres on three fascinating, formidable women, whose voices have hitherto been silenced. As they tell of love and betrayal, rape and revenge, motherhood and childlessness, they not only present the time-honoured story in a compelling new light but expose a conflict between male ruthlessness and female resistance, which remains strikingly pertinent today.
Historia del Sahara español
En 1976, el Gobierno de España abandonó cualquier responsabilidad sobre el territorio sahariano que había administrado «de iure» durante casi 92 años. En ese momento dejó de llamarse Sahara español para pasar a conocerse como Sahara Occidental, sin que hasta ahora se haya producido oficialmente su descolonización, a pesar de estar ocupado «de facto», y en gran parte, por el Reino de Marruecos. ¿Ayudó España a que el pueblo saharaui progresara y se modernizara? ¿Ejerció un dominio opresor y discriminatorio? ¿Supo comportarse como un administrador honesto y responsable? ¿Hasta qué punto estuvo el gobierno estadounidense implicado en la organización de la Marcha Verde? ¿Por...
Beyond the Reconquista: New Directions in the History of Medieval Iberia (711-1085)
Beyond the Reconquista: New Directions in the History of Medieval Iberia (711-1085) offers an exciting series of essays by leading scholars in Hispanic Studies from across North America and Europe. At its heart is the Reconquista, without doubt the most important and enduring theme of Iberian historiography of the Middle Ages. The innovative studies collected herein, which treat a diverse array of subjects via forensic analyses of charters, chronicles and coins, shed new light on crucial aspects of medieval Iberian socio-economic, political and cultural history. The result is a collection of essays which marks a decisive and bold turning of the page in Iberian medieval studies, as the reality and ideal of Reconquest come under hitherto unparalleled scrutiny. Contributors are Graham Barrett, Jeffrey Bowman, Alberto Canto, Nicola Clarke, Wendy Davies, Julio Escalona, Jonathan Jarrett, Eduardo Manzano Moreno, Iñaki Martín Viso and Lucy K. Pick. See inside the book.
Converso Non-Conformism in Early Modern Spain
This book examines the effects of Jewish conversions to Christianity in late medieval Spanish society. Ingram focuses on these converts and their descendants (known as conversos) not as Judaizers, but as Christian humanists, mystics and evangelists, who attempt to create a new society based on quietist religious practice, merit, and toleration. His narrative takes the reader on a journey from the late fourteenth-century conversions and the first blood purity laws (designed to marginalize conversos), through the early sixteenth-century Erasmian and radical mystical movements, to a Counter-Reformation environment in which conversos become the advocates for pacifism and concordance. His account ends at the court of Philip IV, where growing intolerance towards Madrid’s converso courtiers is subtly attacked by Spain’s greatest painter, Diego Velázquez, in his work, Los Borrachos. Finally, Ingram examines the historiography of early modern Spain, in which he argues the converso reform phenomenon continues to be underexplored.
Gender and Exemplarity in Medieval and Early Modern Spain
Gender and Exemplarity in Medieval and Early Modern Spain gathers a series of studies on the interplay between gender, sanctity and exemplarity in regard to literary production in the Iberian peninsula. The first section examines how women were con¬strued as saintly examples through narratives, mostly composed by male writers; the second focuses on the use made of exemplary life-accounts by women writers in order to fashion their own social identity and their role as authors. The volume includes studies on relevant models (Mary Magdalen, Virgin Mary, living saints), means of transmission, sponsorship and agency (reading circles, print, patronage), and female writers (Leonor López de Córdoba, Isabel de Villena, Teresa of Ávila) involved in creating textual exemplars for women. Contributors are: Pablo Acosta-García, Andrew M. Beresford, Jimena Gamba Corradine, Ryan D. Giles, María Morrás, Lesley K. Twomey, Roa Vidal Doval, and Christopher van Ginhoven Rey.
The Religious Polemics of the Muslims of Late Medieval Christian Iberia
The Religious Polemics of the Muslims of Late Medieval Christian Iberia examines the corpus of polemical literature against the Christians and the Jews of the protected Muslims (Mudejars). Commonly portrayed as communities in cultural and religious decay, Mònica Colominas convincingly proves that the discourses against the Christians and the Jews in Mudejar treatises provided authoritative frameworks of Islamic normativity which helped to legitimize the residence of their communities in the Christian territories. Colominas argues that, while the primary aim of the polemics was to refute the views of their religious opponents, Mudejar treatises were also a tool used to advance Islamic knowledge and to strengthen the government and social cohesion of their communities.
Education and Democracy
This book examines critically the ideas and performance of Paulo Freire as secretary of education in Brazil in the early 1990s, during the socialist democratic administration of the Workers' Party in SPaulo. With an emphasis on theory, the authors discuss the relationships between the state and social movements as well as the relationships between
Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge
Cork oak has historically been an important species in the western Mediterranean—ecologically as a canopy or “framework” tree in natural woodlands, and culturally as an economically valuable resource that underpins local economies. Both the natural woodlands and the derived cultural systems are experiencing rapid change, and whether or not they are resilient enough to adapt to that change is an open question. Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge provides a synthesis of the most up-to-date, scientific, and practical information on the management of cork oak woodlands and the cultural systems that depend on cork oak. In addition, Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge offers ten site profiles written ...
