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Gibraltar Identity and Empire
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 170.00The principal argument in Gibraltar and Empire is that Gibraltarians constitute a separate and distinctive people, notwithstanding the political stance taken by the government of Spain. Various factors - environmental, ethnic, economic, political, religious, linguistic, educational and informal - are adduced to explain the emergence of a sense... more...
George Sand & Frederick Chopin
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 210.00George Sand recounts the story of her 1838 winter in Majorca, a winter she passed in the company of Frederick Chopin. She describes the natural beauties of Majorca as well as the rumblings of approaching war. more...
Gibraltar
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 170.00The year 2004 marks three hundred years since Britain took possession of Gibraltar, a rocky promontory at the foot of the Iberian Peninsula sometimes referred to as 'The Rock'. Gibraltar: British or Spanish? provides a detailed study of the attempts that have been made by Spain, especially since 1984 when Britain and Spain signed an agreement to... more...
Catalan Nationalism
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 44.95Are the Catalans content with the outcome of the Spanish transition to democracy? Is there a future for Catalan nationalism within the EU? How does globalization impact upon the survival and development of nations without states such as Catalonia? Will increasing numbers of immigrants transform regional identities? Has devolution fostered secessionism... more...
Nationalism, Violence and Democracy
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 155.00Ludger Mees offers the first comprehensive study of one of Europe's most protracted ethnic conflicts. He carefully analyzes both the historical roots of the conflict and its later growing violent dimension. Special attention is paid to the framing of a new opportunity structure during the 1990s, which facilitated the first serious, but ultimately... more...
Territory and Terror
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 44.95All Basque interpretations of national power have resulted in an uneasy mix of often fragmented and conflicting territorial identifications. Basques can identify themselves with France, Spain or an imagined Basque nation state. Territory and Terror confronts the imagined and actual territorial dimensions of nationalism, shedding new light on... more...
Freedom for Catalonia?
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 41.00An in-depth analysis of the 1992 Olympic Games, focusing on the politics and culture of the host nation, Catalonia, from the time the Games were awarded to Barcelona until they opened. The conflict is placed firmly in the politico-historical context of Catalonia's tense relationship with Spain. more...
Vibrant Andalusia
Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 27.95Almost a thousand years ago, when most of Europe was just edging out of the Dark Ages, the south of Spain was a brilliant center of world culture, a site of splendor, and a magnet for the talented and ambitious from all around the Mediterranean, the Near East, and beyond. In the days before Isabel and Ferdinand (and the Inquisition), the indigenous... more...
Top 10 Andalucia & Costa Del Sol
Dorling Kindersley 2012; US$ 14.00Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, The DK Top 10 Guides use exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, aswell as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding out the freebies,... more...
The Kingdom of Valencia in the Seventeenth Century
Cambridge University Press 1979; US$ 32.00Explores two major themes in Spanish historiography - the consequences of the expulsion of the Moriscos and the way in which the Habsburg Monarchy kept or lost control over its peripheral provinces. more...









