Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: paul preston

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  • REVOLUTION AND WAR IN SPAIN, 1931-1939
    PAUL PRESTON
    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 ...

    $1,160.00

  • THE TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY IN SPAIN
    PAUL PRESTON
    The Triumph of Democracy in Spain tells a gripping story of the tortuous creation of Spain's constitutional monarchy. The book provides an authoritative account of the tribulations of the forces of progress, beginning in 1969 with the disintegration of Franco's dictatorship and ending with the remarkable Socialist election victory in 1982. ...

    $1,160.00

  • THE POLITICS OF REVENGE
    PAUL PRESTON
    The role of the Spanish Right in the course of the twentieth-century has been a neglected area of academic study. The Politics of Revenge redresses this providing a succinct and disturbing account. ...

    $1,620.00

  • WRITING THE CITY
    PETER PRESTON / PAUL SIMPSON-HOUSLEY
    `The expression of human experience it embodies ... includes all personal history'. Saul Bellow's view of the city is far from that of classic geographical descriptions which look at growth or decline, demographic patterns, traffic flows and economic potential: these empirically conceived models of urban geography fail to accommodate the crucial human aspect of city life. Locat...

    $1,320.00

  • THE COMING OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
    PAUL PRESTON
    Paul Preston's The Coming of the Spanish Civil War is widely regarded as a classic account of the collapse of democracy in Spain and the and outbreak of the civil war. In a narrative that paints a picture of picture of a deeply divided country, he coherently and excitingly outlines the social and economic background to the conflict. Explaining Spain's predicament as a predomina...

    $540.00

  • SPAIN, THE EEC AND NATO
    PAUL PRESTON / DENIS SMYTH
    Spain, the EEC and NATO (1984) examines the causes and consequences of the paradoxical situation whereby NATO member states welcomed a newly-democratised Spain into their ranks in 1982, with many Spanish citizens being firm opponents to Spain’s participation in NATO defences; while Spain’s attempt to join the European Community enjoyed widespread public and political support in...

    $1,480.00