Disinherited Exile and the Making of Spanish Culture, 1492-1975

Name: Disinherited Exile and the Making of Spanish Culture, 1492-1975
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ISBN: 9780060730864

ISBN-10: 0060730862

ISBN-13: 9780060730864

Edition: 2007

Authors: Henry Kamen

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Few would doubt that Spain has for several centuries made a huge contribution to Europe's culture. We all carry in our heads a seductive picture of what Spain stands for: its music, painting, buildings, and history. But what we do not understand is how much of this was the achievement of a very specific group: the Spanish in exile. Henry Kamen's The Disinherited is the most significant and enjoyable book on Spain to appear for many years. He creates a picture of a dysfunctional, violent country that, since the destruction of the last Muslim territories in Granada in 1492, has expelled wave after wave of its citizens in a brutal attempt to create religious and social conformity. Muslims,…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/27/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.00" long x 1.37" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Prelude: 1492 - A Cultural Legacy


The Survival of the Jew


The Persistence of the Moor


The Wars of Religion


The Discovery of 'Europe'


Romantic Spain


Searching for a National Identity


The Elite Diaspora of 1936-9


The Search for Atlantis


Hispanic Identity and the Permanence of Exile


The Return of the Exiles


Glossary


Select Bibliography


Notes


Index