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The Rough Ridersby Theodore Roosevelt
Random House Publishing Group 2000; US$ 11.99In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders, trained for four weeks in the Texas desert and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought valiantly, and sometimes recklessly, in the Cuban foothills, incurring casualties at a far greater rate than the Spanish. Roosevelt kept a detailed diary from the time he left Washington until his triumphant return from Cuba later that year. The Rough Riders was published to instant acclaim in 1899. Robust in its style and mesmerizing in its account... more...
Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquestby Matthew Restall
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 15.00An exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortes, and Pizarro. more...
A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire, 2by A. R. Disney
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 20.00A comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of Portugal's formation and history up to 1807 and of its acquisition of a wide-flung maritime empire from the early fifteenth century. more...
The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Editionby Miguel Leon-Portilla
Beacon Press 2011; US$ 17.00For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears , León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts. more...
Conspiracy and the Spanish Civil Warby Herbert R. Southworth
Routledge 2001; US$ 218.00Written by one of the most celebrated historians of the Spanish Civil War, this book acts as both an outstanding introduction to the vast literature of the war, and a monumental contribution to that literature. more...
Motagua Colonialby Lawrence H. Feldman
Boson Books 1998; US$ 10.95The Classic era centers of Quirigua and Copan are the eastern most outposts of early Mayan civilization. The Middle Motagua served as the source of Mesoamerica's most precious material. It was the home of the jade that was so highly valued by ancient peoples. With the fall, close to 1000 A.D. of Quirigua, Copan and their satellite communities, the lands of the Motagua drainage descend into an ahistorical void. Not until the end of the Hispanic colonial era do these lands receive any but the most cursory historical treatment. It is the intention of this book to explore this unknown time between the fall of the ancient cities and independence of Guatemala from the Spanish Crown. By using the earliest documents we can look at the end of prehistory,... more...
Revolution and War in Spain, 1931-1939by Paul Preston
Routledge 1984; US$ 38.95`This collection of essays constitutes a magnificent monument to recent scholarship on the Second Republic and the Civil War. It is indispensable for a full understanding of the period.' - Raymond Carr more...
Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Centuryby Sebastian Balfour; Paul Preston
Routledge 1999; US$ 42.95Spain's pivotal role in the events of the modern world can hardly be over-estimated. This book traces the important topic of modern Spanish international relations, with due emphasis of both present and past. more...
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Cultureby Eamonn Rodgers
Routledge 1999; US$ 68.00Some 750 alphabetically-arranged entries provide insights into the exciting cultural and political features of contemporary Spain. Including Catalonia, Galicia and the Basque country, coverage spans from 1939 to the present. more...
Development of the Portugese Economyby David Corkhill
Routledge 1999; US$ 220.00David Corkhill analyses the Europeanization of the Portuguese economy in the context of closer European integration, globalization and the struggle to achieve international competitiveness. more...