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A Companion to Catalan Culture
This volume attempts to equip the English-speaking reader with a fuller understanding of the uniqueness and quality of the culture of Catalonia by providing a comprehensive portfolio of the creative contribution of the nation across a broad spectrum of achievement.
Undermining the State from Within
Illuminates how wartime institutional transformations undermine core state functions with legacies for political and economic development.
The Revolt of the Catalans
The revolution of Catalonia in 1640 was a signal event in seventeenth-century Europe. Its causes and antecedents - essential for an understanding of the revolution itelf - form the basis of Professor Elliott's study of the Spanish monarchy at this time. They throw remarkable light on the whole question of the decline of Spain in the seventeenth century from its position of pre-eminence in Europe. From the fierce suppression of Catalan bandits by their Castilian overlords during the second decade of the century, Professor Elliott traces the gradual deterioration of relations between the principality of Catalonia and the government in Madrid. He shows how Olivares, the favourite and chief mini...
History of Universities
Volume XXI/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, conference reports, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. Its contributions range widely geographically, chronologically, and in subject-matter. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.
Catalan Cartoons
First ever English language book on 20th century cartooning and humour production in Catalonia Offers both broad history as well as close analysis of cartoon examples of the time Engages with academic debates on the power of humour, humour and identity and applies them to the Catalan context Offers contextualisation of the Catalan cartooning tradition within a broader socio-political context of Catalonia and Spain
Catalonia
Catalonia presents an interesting instance of what are termed minority nations, and has long exercised leadership within the Spanish economy. It offers important insights for many of the key political and social issues currently under debate.
Y la luz se hizo en Salamanca:
Un aspecto muy importante en el desarrollo social y tecnológico de las comunidades, en la modernización de la industria, del trasporte y del alumbrado público al final del siglo XIX es la introducción progresiva de la energía eléctrica. Este gran acontecimiento es tratado en este libro desde el punto de vista conceptual e histórico, particularmente en la ciudad de Salamanca, con sus efectos más inmediatos y visibles sobre la iluminación nocturna. Como fruto de una búsqueda documental exhaustiva, se presentan los rasgos biográficos de Carlos Luna Beovide, el primer introductor de una industria salmantina dedicada a la producción y distribución de energía eléctrica. La empresa creada por él, La Electricista Salmantina, es objeto de seguimiento, análisis y consideración. La obra se centra en destacar la semblanza de este personaje curioso, original y atrevido y seguir sus huellas en la vida social y en la trasformación modernista de la ciudad y de la provincia de Salamanca.
Foreigners in the Homeland
Foreigners in the Homeland analyzes the reception of the Latin American Boom novel in Spain. It argues in favor of an expanded concept of national literature that is not restricted to the native production of citizens but also takes into consideration the importance and nationalization of foreign cultural products. Charting the courses of interliterary relations between Spain and Spanish America, the book analyzes the conditions of the literary market during the 1960s and 1970s, follows the appropriation and canonization of Latin American authors and texts by readers and writers, and examines their impact on the resurgence of regional literatures within Spanish territory.
The Catalan Chronicles
On the occasion of the celebration of Ramon Muntaner’s Year in 2015, the Biblioteca de Catalunya and the Ministry of Culture of the Catalan Government have published Les cròniques catalanes. Through the voices of the researchers Josep Maria Solé Sabaté, José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec, Raül Sanchis Francés and Núria Silleras Fernández, who tell us about the four great chronicles from a current point of view, the reader is introduced to the medieval world, the arts, the festivals and the role of women. The work gives an account of the most relevant facts found in the chronicles and provides a selection of the most significant manuscripts kept at the Biblioteca de Catalunya, a preservatio...
