The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
Title | The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Graham |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 193 |
Release | 2005-03-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780192803771 |
"Helen Graham highlights the domestic and international context of the Spanish Civil War, and reveals its origins in the political and cultural anxieties provoked by the rapid modernization of Europe. Using personal narratives, she combines a powerfully human account of the war an its aftermath with a disturbing ethical enquiry into its legacy for the 21st century."--BOOK JACKET.
The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
Title | The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Graham |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 2005-03-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 019162229X |
This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and international scale. It also provides an ethical reflection on the war in the context of Europe's tumultuous twentieth century, highlighting why it has inspired some of the greatest writers of our time, and how it continues to resonate today in Britain, continental Europe, and beyond. Throughout the book, the focus is on the war as an arena of social change where ideas about culture were forged or resisted, and in which both Spaniards and non-Spaniards participated alike. These were conflicts that during the Second World War would stretch from Franco's regime, which envisaged itself as part of the Nazi new order, to Europe and beyond. Accordingly, this book examines Spanish participation in European resistance movements during World War II and also the ongoing civil war waged politically, economically, judicially and culturally inside Spain by Francoism after its military victory in 1939. History writing itself became a battleground and the book charts the Franco regime's attempt to appropriate the past. It also indicates its ultimate failure - as evident in new writings on the war and, above all, in the return of Republican memory now occurring in Spain during the opening years of the twenty-first century. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
The Spanish Civil War
Title | The Spanish Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Graham |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 175 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Spain |
ISBN | 9781280752643 |
Amid the catastrophes of the 20th century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination. This text provides a powerfully written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and an international scale.
The Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction
Title | The Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Restall |
Publisher | OUP USA |
Total Pages | 142 |
Release | 2012-01-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0195392299 |
This Very Short Introduction examines the Spanish conquistadors who invaded the Americas in the sixteenth century, as well as the Native American Kingdoms they invaded.
Hell and Good Company
Title | Hell and Good Company PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Rhodes |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2015-02-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1451696213 |
The "story of the Spanish Civil War through the eyes of the reporters, writers, artists, doctors, and nurses who witnessed it ... The idealism of the cause--defending democracy from fascism at a time when Europe was darkening toward another world war--and the brutality of the conflict drew from them some of their best work ... The war spurred breakthroughs in military and medical technology as well. New aircraft, new weapons, new tactics and strategy all emerged in the intense Spanish conflict ... Progress also arose from the horror: the doctors and nurses who volunteered to serve with the Spanish defenders devised major advances in battlefield surgery and front-line blood transfusion. In those ways, and in many others, the Spanish Civil War served as a test bed for World War II, and for the entire twentieth century"--
American History: A Very Short Introduction
Title | American History: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | Paul S. Boyer |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 182 |
Release | 2012-08-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199911657 |
This volume in Oxford's A Very Short Introduction series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migrations to the early twenty-first century when the United States loomed as a global power and comprised a complex multi-cultural society of more than 300 million people. The narrative is organized around major interpretive themes, with facts and dates introduced as needed to illustrate these themes. The emphasis throughout is on clarity and accessibility to the interested non-specialist.
Colonial America
Title | Colonial America PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Taylor |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 168 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199766231 |
In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents the current scholarly understanding of colonial America to a broader audience. He focuses on the transatlantic and a transcontinental perspective, examining the interplay of Europe, Africa, and the Americas through the flows of goods, people, plants, animals, capital, and ideas.