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Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia
"Inventario de los libros que han tenido ingreso en la secretaría de la Real academía," 1922-29, with v. 83, 85, 87, 89, 91-92, 96, 99.
Reclaiming al-Andalus
Reclaiming al-Andalus focuses on the construction of the scholarly discipline of Orientalist studies in Spain. Special attention is paid to the impact that the elaboration of a series of historical interpretations of the legacy left by Muslim and Jewish culture in Spain had over the writing of national history in the period of the Bourbon Restoration. A historiographical account of Spains Orientalism tackles the problematized issues that both Arabist and Hebraist scholars sought to address. Orientalist scholarship thereby became inextricably linked to different interpretations of the historical shaping of Spanish national identity. Political circumstances of the day impacted on the approach ...
Dawn of a Dynasty
This highly original biography of Infante Manuel offers an intriguing and alternative perspective on one of the most turbulent eras of medieval Spain.
Jerónimo Antonio Gil and the Idea of the Spanish Enlightenment
Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover
Revisiting Jewish Spain in the Modern Era
This innovative volume offers fresh perspectives and directions on the intersection of Hispanic and Jewish studies. It shows how 'Jewishness' has played a crucial role in Spanish political, social, and cultural developments in the modern era, exploring the effects of the multiple material and symbolic absences of Jews and Judaism from modern Spanish society. The book considers the haunting presence that this absence has entailed. Contributors analyze the different and contradictory ways in which Spain as a nation has tried to come to terms with its Jewish memory and with Jews from the nineteenth century to the present: José Amador de los Ríos’ efforts to incorporate 'Jewishness' into the...
Speaking of Spain
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- 1. Spains -- 2. Spaniards -- 3. The Others Within -- 4. The Others Without -- 5. A New Spain, a New Spaniard -- 6. Race and Empire -- 7. From Empire to Nation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
On the Borders of Love and Power
Embracing the crossroads that made the region distinctive this book reveals how American families have always been characterized by greater diversity than idealizations of the traditional family have allowed. The essays show how family life figured prominently in relations to larger struggles for conquest and control.
