Author: William Dalrymple (Lieutenant-Colonel.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Algeria
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Travels Through Spain and Portugal, in 1774
Author: William Dalrymple (Lieutenant-Colonel.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Algeria
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Travels Through Spain and Portugal, in 1774, with a Short Account of the Spanish Expedition Against Algiers, in 1775
Author: William DalrympleOutpost of Empire
Author: Charles J. EsdailePublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806187999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Napoleon’s forces invaded Spain in 1808, but two years went by before they overran the southern region of Andalucía. Situated at the farthest frontier of Napoleon’s “outer empire,” Andalucía remained under French control only briefly—for two-and-a-half years—and never experienced the normal functions of French rule. In this groundbreaking examination of the Peninsular War, Charles J. Esdaile moves beyond traditional military history to examine the French occupation of Andalucía and the origins and results of the region’s complex and chaotic response. Disillusioned by the Spanish provisional government and largely unprotected, Andalucía scarcely fired a shot in its defense when Joseph Bonaparte’s army invaded the region in 1810. The subsequent French occupation, however, broke down in the face of multiple difficulties, the most important of which were geography and the continued presence in the region of substantial forces of regular troops. Drawing on British, French, and Spanish sources that are all but unknown, Esdaile describes the social, cultural, geographical, political, and military conditions that combined to make Andalucía particularly resistant to French rule. Esdaile’s study is a significant contribution to the new field sometimes known as occupation studies, which focuses on the ways a victorious army attempts to reconcile a conquered populace to the new political order. Combining military history with political and social history, Outpost of Empire delineates what we now call the cultural terrain of war. This is history that moves from battles between armies to battles for hearts and minds.
A Catalogue of the Books, Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: Library Company of PhiladelphiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Opera in Portugal in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Manuel Carlos de BritoPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521036436
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A history of opera in Portugal from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the inauguration of the Teatro de S. Carlos in 1793.
A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise
Author: Thomas M. DoerflingerPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807839388
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A social, economic, and political study of Philadelphia merchants, this study presents both the spirit and statistics of merchant life. Doerflinger studies the Philadelphia merchant community from three perspectives: their commercial world, their confrontation with the Revolution and its aftermath, and their role in diversifying the local economy. The analysis of entrepreneurship dominates the study and challenges long-standing assumptions about American economic history.
The British Abroad Since the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1
Author: Xavier GuéganPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137304154
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book considers the British travelling beyond their isles over the last three hundred years, and through a range of interdisciplinary perspectives reflects on their taste for discovery and self-discovery both through the exploration – and exploitation – of other lands and peoples.
Catalogue of Rare Books
Author: Ellis (Firm)Women's Travel Writings in Iberia Vol 1
Author: Stephen BendingPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040246265
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Lisbon and the Pyrenees form the basis of this lively collection of firsthand accounts of travel within Portugal and Spain in the early nineteenth century.
The Braganzas
Author: Malyn NewittPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789141656
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
For two hundred and seventy years, the House of Braganza provided the kings and queens of Portugal. During a period of momentous change, from 1640 to 1910, this influential family helped to establish Portuguese independence from their powerful Spanish neighbors and saved the monarchy and government from total destruction by the marauding armies of Napoleon. The Braganzas also ruled the vast empire of Brazil from 1822 to 1889, successfully creating a unified nation and preventing the country from splitting into small warring states. In his fascinating reappraisal of the Braganza dynasty, Malyn Newitt traces the rise and fall of one of the world’s most important royal families. He introduces us to a colorful cast of innovators, revolutionaries, villains, heroes, and charlatans, from the absolutist Dom Miguel to the “Soldier King” Dom Pedro I, and recounts in vivid detail the major social, economic, and political events that defined their rule. Featuring an extensive selection of artworks and photographs, Newitt’s book offers a timely look at Britain’s “oldest ally” and the role of monarchy in the early modern European world.