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General study of Portugal - covers economic structure, social structure, the political system, demographic aspects and geographical aspects, the historical setting, living conditions, education, culture, religion, agriculture, industry, trade, national defence, the administration of justice, etc. Bibliography pp. 411 to 435, diagrams, graphs, maps and statistical tables.
Explores how modern folklore, through its preservation of ballads and folktales, supplements our understanding of the oral tradition and enhances our knowledge of early literature.
Charting Memory: Recalling Medieval Spain elaborates an interdiscursive picture of how Medieval Spain has been remembered by various Arab, Jewish, and Hispanic peoples from well before 1492 to the present. The collection breaks with traditional foci on the legacies of separate Iberian communities and their descendants, and on limited, largely textual sets of their related cultural practices. In distinct ways, this collection takes a multi-ethnic and multi-modal approach, departing from sociologist Maurice Halbwachs' premise that collective memories form not within individuals alone, but through the inner and inter-workings of actual and conceptual social milieux. The volume hereby foreground...
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.