{"product_id":"the-spaniards-an-introduction-to-their-history-paperback","title":"The Spaniards: An Introduction to Their History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmerico Castro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWillard F. King\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSelma Margaretten\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ambitious book by Américo Castro is not simply a history of the Spanish people or culture. It is an attempt to create an entirely new understanding of Spanish society. \u003ci\u003eThe Spaniards\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the social position, religious affiliation, and beliefs of Christians, Moors, and Jews, together with their feelings of superiority or inferiority, determined the development of Spanish identity and culture. Castro follows how \u003ci\u003eespañoles\u003c\/i\u003e began to form a nation beginning in the thirteenth century and became wholly Spanish in the sixteenth century in a different way and under different circumstances than other peoples of Western Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The original material of this book (chapters II through XII) was translated by Willard F. King, and the newly added material (preface, chapters I, XIII, and XIV, and appendix) was translated by Selma Margaretten. \u003cbr\u003e This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn invaluable book for historians and Hispanists alike, one in which Castro fully explains his 'rules of the game' (in the preface and chapter I) and then proceeds brilliantly to develop his main thesis concerning the reality of Spanish history.--Manuel Duran, Yale University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmérico Castro\u003c\/b\u003e was a Spanish cultural historian, philologist, and literary critic who challenged some of the prevailing notions of Spanish identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 644\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.43 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133401960583,"sku":"9780520302044","price":89.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c3416453d99b7ac3b847cd72741aca27.webp?v=1732634053","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-spaniards-an-introduction-to-their-history-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}