Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Folk songs, Catalan
ISBN : IND:30000038731232
Bon Cop de Falç!
Anonim
Bon Cop De Falç
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Bringing in the Sheaves
Brent Shaw
Author : Brent Shaw
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442661608
Bringing in the Sheaves by Brent Shaw Pdf
The annual harvesting of cereal crops was one of the most important economic tasks in the Roman Empire. Not only was it urgent and critical for the survival of state and society, it mobilized huge numbers of men and women every year from across the whole face of the Mediterranean. In Bringing in the Sheaves, Brent D. Shaw investigates the ways in which human labour interacted with the instruments of harvesting, what part the workers and their tools had in the whole economy, and how the work itself was organized. Both collective and individual aspects of the story are investigated, centred on the life-story of a single reaper whose work in the wheat fields of North Africa is documented in his funerary epitaph. The narrative then proceeds to an analysis of the ways in which this cyclical human behaviour formed and influenced modes of thinking about matters beyond the harvest. The work features an edition of the reaper inscription, and a commentary on it. It is also lavishly illustrated to demonstrate the important iconic and pictorial dimensions of the story.
Freedom for Catalonia?
John Hargreaves
Author : John Hargreaves
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0521586151
Freedom for Catalonia? by John Hargreaves Pdf
Although the fight for independence by national minorities has received much attention recently, there is no study of how globalised sport in its most advanced form can help to stimulate it. This book shows how the 1992 Olympic Games raised the tension that already existed between Catalonia and Spain, from the time they were awarded to Barcelona until they opened. John Hargreaves analyses and explains the way in which the conflict developed and eventually was resolved, in terms of the special characteristics of Catalan nationalism, the nature of the new Spanish democracy and the special role played by the International Olympic Committee. This book will be relevant to academics, researchers and postgraduates specialising in nationalism and Catalan nationalism, as well as being of interest to teachers, researchers and students of political sociology, cultural studies and sports studies, and professionals working in the fields of culture, sport, recreation and leisure.
Barcelona
Gary McDonogh,Sergi Martinez-Rigol
Author : Gary McDonogh,Sergi Martinez-Rigol
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781509511044
Barcelona by Gary McDonogh,Sergi Martinez-Rigol Pdf
Barcelona has existed as a settlement for two millennia. Early civilizations shaped the city before it achieved, in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, global power as a trading metropolis and empire capital. After a long struggle with the unifying Spanish state, the city revived, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as an industrial and commercial powerhouse. It became a center of culture, ornamented by modern planning and wondrous works by Gaudí and others. Barcelona became known as “The Rose of Fire”: home to revolutionaries and anarchists. Creativity and conflict continued to shape Barcelona in the twentieth century, as its citizens faced the Spanish Republic, Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship. Linking social and cultural currents to the rich architectural and experiential heritage of this multi-layered city, McDonogh and Martínez-Rigol reveal Barcelona’s hidden history to modern-day visitors and residents alike.
Memoirs of a Spanish Civil War Artist
Carles Fontserè
Author : Carles Fontserè
Publisher : Pensódromo 21
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788494552267
Memoirs of a Spanish Civil War Artist by Carles Fontserè Pdf
The political poster explosion of July 1936 has been highly acclaimed by critics and scholars worldwide. One of the best-known posters of the time, "Freedom!" – which has acquired near cult status – shows a peasant holding a sickle aloft, set against the anarchist red-and-black flag. The artist, Carles Fontserè, was just twenty years old when he joined the revolution along with fellow artists and comrades-in-arms, Josep Alumà, Helios Gómez, Antoni Clavé and many others who appear in this account. In his outstanding memoirs, which are more artistic, political and collective than intimate, Fontserè recounts his upbringing in a petit bourgeois family with Carlist leanings along with his experience in the Barcelona Requeté. His thirst for reading led him to the writings of Tolstoy, which inspired his nascent libertarian ideals culminating in his road-to-Damascus transformation during the heady events of the Nationalist military uprising in Barcelona. Fontserè played a key role in the founding of the Professional Drawing Union in 1936 and went on to draw posters for the Iberian Anarchist Federation (FAI) and the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM), among other political parties. He served with the International Brigades and, paradoxically, survived several close brushes with death from his own side. His story culminates with the Republican retreat from Barcelona and his escape over the Pyrenees, together with Catalan president Lluís Companys and his cabinet, into exile in France. Fontserè's Memoirs of a Spanish Civil War Artist masterfully combines autobiography and history through the eyes of one of the 20th century's foremost Catalan graphic artists, known worldwide for his Republican propaganda posters. The book of Carles Fontserè's memoirs is not only an excellent translation from Catalan to English, but one central to the history of Catalonia.
Vanished Kingdoms
Norman Davies
Author : Norman Davies
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141960487
Vanished Kingdoms by Norman Davies Pdf
'The past is a foreign country' has become a truism, yet the past differs from the present in many unfamiliar ways and historical memory is extraordinarily imperfect. The degree to which we think of the European past as the history of France, Germany, Britain, Russia and so on, actually obstructs our view of former reality, and blunts our sensitivity to the ever-changing political landscape. Europe's past is littered with kingdoms, empires and republics which no longer exist but which were some of the most important entities of their day - 'the Empire of Aragon', which dominated the western Mediterranean in the thirteenth century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the largest country in Europe for part of the eighteenth century. This book shows the reader how to peer through the cracks of mainstream history-writing, and to catch a glimpse of the 'Five, Six or Seven Kingdoms of Burgundy'. How long will it be before the USSR, until recently one of the world's two superpowers, is wholly or half-forgotten as most of these? The histories of the lost echo across the centuries, mixed in with more familiar sounds. One of the purposes of this book is to help us hear them again more clearly, and appreciate where they came from. As in his earlier celebrated books Europe and The Isles, Norman Davies aims to subvert our established view what looks familiar in history and urges us to look and think again. This stimulating book, full of unexpected stories, observations and connections, gives us a fresh and original perspective on European history.
The Politics of Ethnicity in Catalonia
Glenn Austin Mitchell
Author : Glenn Austin Mitchell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Catalonia (Spain)
ISBN : IND:39000003962755
The Politics of Ethnicity in Catalonia by Glenn Austin Mitchell Pdf
Barcelona One More Time
Richard Lewis
Author : Richard Lewis
Publisher : Richard Lewis
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0755204425
Barcelona One More Time by Richard Lewis Pdf
Barcelona One More Time is the story of an English language teacher and his Belgian partner plunged into the uncharted territory of 1970s, post-Franco Barcelona. The characters they meet and the experiences they encounter in the language school business are compellingly evoked with the very feel and colour of a place and time.
The Origins of Catalan Nationalism, 1770-1898
A. Smith
Author : A. Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137354495
The Origins of Catalan Nationalism, 1770-1898 by A. Smith Pdf
This book looks at the reasons behind the emergence of a Catalan nationalist movement from the late 1880s, one of the most important developments that took place in nineteenth-century Spain, with the 'Catalan question' thereafter never far from the centre of the Spanish political stage.
Football and National Identities in Spain
A. Quiroga
Author : A. Quiroga
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137315502
Football and National Identities in Spain by A. Quiroga Pdf
This book investigates the use of football to create, shape and promote Spanish, Catalan and Basque national identities and explores the utilization of soccer to foster patriotic feelings, exposing the often dark vested interests behind the propagation of national narratives through soccer.
The Barcelona Reader
Enric Bou,Jaume Subirana
Author : Enric Bou,Jaume Subirana
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786945990
The Barcelona Reader by Enric Bou,Jaume Subirana Pdf
The first comprehensive Reader to accompany the remarkable city of Barcelona
Everything about Catalonia
Josep-Maria Puigjaner
Author : Josep-Maria Puigjaner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Catalonia (Spain)
ISBN : IND:30000060715806
Everything about Catalonia by Josep-Maria Puigjaner Pdf
Catalonia - A Cultural History
Michael Eaude
Author : Michael Eaude
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781908493255
Catalonia - A Cultural History by Michael Eaude Pdf
Squeezed between more powerful France and Spain, Catalonia has endured a violent history. Its medieval empire that conquered Naples, Sicily and Athens was crushed by Spain. Its geography, with the Pyrenees falling sharply to the rugged Costa Brava, is tormented, too. Michael Eaude traces this history and its monuments: Roman Tarragona, celebrated by the poet Martial; Greek Empuries, lost for centuries beneath the sands; medieval Romanesque architecture in the Vall de Boi churches (a World Heritage Site) and Poblet and Santes Creus monasteries. He tells the stories of several of Catalonia’s great figures: Abbot Oliva, who brought Moorish learning to Europe, the ruthless mercenary, Roger de Flor, and Verdaguer, handsome poet-priest. Catalonia is famous today for its twentieth-century art. This book focuses on the revolutionary Art Nouveau buildings (including the Sagrada Familia) of Antoni Gaudi. It also explores the region’s artistic legacy: the young Picasso painting Barcelona’s vibrant slums; Salvador Dali, inspired by the twisted rocks of Cap de Creus to paint his landscapes of the human mind; and Joan Miro, discovering the colours of the red earth at Montroig.
Popular Culture, Identity, and Politics in Contemporary Catalonia
Alessandro Testa,Mariann Vaczi
Author : Alessandro Testa,Mariann Vaczi
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781855664036
Popular Culture, Identity, and Politics in Contemporary Catalonia by Alessandro Testa,Mariann Vaczi Pdf
How does popular culture reflect and shape identity politics in the secessionist climate of contemporary Catalonia?
The Reinvention of Spain
Sebastian Balfour,Alejandro Quiroga
Author : Sebastian Balfour,Alejandro Quiroga
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199206674
The Reinvention of Spain by Sebastian Balfour,Alejandro Quiroga Pdf
Unravelling the fierce debate in Spain about nation and identity which is still causing division today, this book looks at the debate and its role as part of a wider global process in which traditional identities are evolving rapidly, or being challenged.