Author: Rashid Dossett
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244964122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Following the defeat of Napoleon, many Frenchmen, who fled to the Americas, return to their homeland. Several families from Bordeaux, Nantes and Toulouse remained in Guatemala where they settled near Tegucigalpa. The French migrants rent land from Amalia, the widow of a Spanish knight. Amalia spend her days, with her pets, wandering in her castle and private gardens. Her life suddenly changed when some of her renters were arrested for planning a coup d'état against Spain.
No blue for Spain
Author: Rashid Dossett
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244964122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Following the defeat of Napoleon, many Frenchmen, who fled to the Americas, return to their homeland. Several families from Bordeaux, Nantes and Toulouse remained in Guatemala where they settled near Tegucigalpa. The French migrants rent land from Amalia, the widow of a Spanish knight. Amalia spend her days, with her pets, wandering in her castle and private gardens. Her life suddenly changed when some of her renters were arrested for planning a coup d'état against Spain.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244964122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Following the defeat of Napoleon, many Frenchmen, who fled to the Americas, return to their homeland. Several families from Bordeaux, Nantes and Toulouse remained in Guatemala where they settled near Tegucigalpa. The French migrants rent land from Amalia, the widow of a Spanish knight. Amalia spend her days, with her pets, wandering in her castle and private gardens. Her life suddenly changed when some of her renters were arrested for planning a coup d'état against Spain.
Spain and the American Civil War
Author: Wayne H. Bowen
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826272584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In the mid-1800s, Spain experienced economic growth, political stabilization, and military revival, and the country began to sense that it again could be a great global power. In addition to its desire for international glory, Spain also was the only European country that continued to use slaves on plantations in Spanish-controlled Cuba and Puerto Rico. Historically, Spain never had close ties to Washington, D.C., and Spain’s hard feelings increased as it lost Latin America to the United States in independence movements. Clearly, Spain shared many of the same feelings as the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, and it found itself in a unique position to aid the Confederacy since its territories lay so close to the South. Diplomats on both sides, in fact, declared them “natural allies.” Yet, paradoxically, a close relationship between Spain and the Confederacy was never forged. In Spain and the American Civil War, Wayne H. Bowen presents the first comprehensive look at relations between Spain and the two antagonists of the American Civil War. Using Spanish, United States and Confederate sources, Bowen provides multiple perspectives of critical events during the Civil War, including Confederate attempts to bring Spain and other European nations, particularly France and Great Britain, into the war; reactions to those attempts; and Spain’s revived imperial fortunes in Africa and the Caribbean as it tried to regain its status as a global power. Likewise, he documents Spain’s relationship with Great Britain and France; Spanish thoughts of intervention, either with the help of Great Britain and France or alone; and Spanish receptiveness to the Confederate cause, including the support of Prime Minister Leopoldo O’Donnell. Bowen’s in-depth study reveals how the situations, personalities, and histories of both Spain and the Confederacy kept both parties from establishing a closer relationship, which might have provided critical international diplomatic support for the Confederate States of America and a means through which Spain could exact revenge on the United States of America.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826272584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In the mid-1800s, Spain experienced economic growth, political stabilization, and military revival, and the country began to sense that it again could be a great global power. In addition to its desire for international glory, Spain also was the only European country that continued to use slaves on plantations in Spanish-controlled Cuba and Puerto Rico. Historically, Spain never had close ties to Washington, D.C., and Spain’s hard feelings increased as it lost Latin America to the United States in independence movements. Clearly, Spain shared many of the same feelings as the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, and it found itself in a unique position to aid the Confederacy since its territories lay so close to the South. Diplomats on both sides, in fact, declared them “natural allies.” Yet, paradoxically, a close relationship between Spain and the Confederacy was never forged. In Spain and the American Civil War, Wayne H. Bowen presents the first comprehensive look at relations between Spain and the two antagonists of the American Civil War. Using Spanish, United States and Confederate sources, Bowen provides multiple perspectives of critical events during the Civil War, including Confederate attempts to bring Spain and other European nations, particularly France and Great Britain, into the war; reactions to those attempts; and Spain’s revived imperial fortunes in Africa and the Caribbean as it tried to regain its status as a global power. Likewise, he documents Spain’s relationship with Great Britain and France; Spanish thoughts of intervention, either with the help of Great Britain and France or alone; and Spanish receptiveness to the Confederate cause, including the support of Prime Minister Leopoldo O’Donnell. Bowen’s in-depth study reveals how the situations, personalities, and histories of both Spain and the Confederacy kept both parties from establishing a closer relationship, which might have provided critical international diplomatic support for the Confederate States of America and a means through which Spain could exact revenge on the United States of America.
The World Says No to War
Author: Stefaan Walgrave
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 145291513X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
On February 15, 2003, the largest one-day protest in human history took place as millions of people in hundreds of cities marched in the streets, rallying against the imminent invasion of Iraq. This was activism on an unprecedented scale. The World Says No to Warstrives to understand who spoke out, why they did, and how so many people were mobilized for a global demonstration. Using surveys collected by researchers from eight countries—Belgium, Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States—The World Says No to Waranalyzes how the new tools of the Internet were combined with more conventional means of mobilization to rally millions, many with little experience in activism, around common goals and against common targets. Contributors: W. Lance Bennett, U of Washington; Michelle Beyeler, U Bern; Christian Breunig, U of Toronto; Mario Diani, U of Trento; Terri E. Givens, U of Texas, Austin; Bert Klandermans, Free U Amsterdam; Donatella della Porta, European U Institute; Wolfgang Rüdig, U of Strathclyde; Sidney Tarrow, Cornell U; Peter Van Aelst, U of Antwerp.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 145291513X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
On February 15, 2003, the largest one-day protest in human history took place as millions of people in hundreds of cities marched in the streets, rallying against the imminent invasion of Iraq. This was activism on an unprecedented scale. The World Says No to Warstrives to understand who spoke out, why they did, and how so many people were mobilized for a global demonstration. Using surveys collected by researchers from eight countries—Belgium, Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States—The World Says No to Waranalyzes how the new tools of the Internet were combined with more conventional means of mobilization to rally millions, many with little experience in activism, around common goals and against common targets. Contributors: W. Lance Bennett, U of Washington; Michelle Beyeler, U Bern; Christian Breunig, U of Toronto; Mario Diani, U of Trento; Terri E. Givens, U of Texas, Austin; Bert Klandermans, Free U Amsterdam; Donatella della Porta, European U Institute; Wolfgang Rüdig, U of Strathclyde; Sidney Tarrow, Cornell U; Peter Van Aelst, U of Antwerp.
Foreign Relations of the United States
Author: United States. Department of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1078
Book Description
Hitler's Spanish Legion
Author: Gerald R. Kleinfeld
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811759423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
A classic story of the 47,000 Spaniards who fought for the Third Reich in World War II. • Vivid chronicle of the division of Spanish volunteers who battled the Soviets on the Eastern Front • Centerpiece of their service was the Siege of Leningrad, which is covered in depth here • Details on how Spanish dictator Francisco Franco negotiated his countrymen's participation
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811759423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
A classic story of the 47,000 Spaniards who fought for the Third Reich in World War II. • Vivid chronicle of the division of Spanish volunteers who battled the Soviets on the Eastern Front • Centerpiece of their service was the Siege of Leningrad, which is covered in depth here • Details on how Spanish dictator Francisco Franco negotiated his countrymen's participation
Scribner's Magazine
Author: Edward Livermore Burlingame
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Wartime Mission in Spain, 1942-1945
Author: Carlton J. H. Hayes
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787200922
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
This book, first published in 1945, is a fascinating personal account of the late U.S. Ambassador to Spain Carlton J. H. Hayes’ diplomatic mission in Spain during World War II, from May 1942 to January 1945. Whilst briefly touching on Spain’s internal affairs, the principal focus is firmly on American policy toward Spain during those three wartime years, and Spain’s response thereto. Hayes provides the reader with a candid and factual record of this period, gleaned from firsthand eyewitness accounts and sensitive information he was privy to during his tenure. He draws in detail on excerpts from his personal diary kept for those three years, as well as various conversations, documents and correspondence from and with President Roosevelt and others. A fantastic historical record.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787200922
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
This book, first published in 1945, is a fascinating personal account of the late U.S. Ambassador to Spain Carlton J. H. Hayes’ diplomatic mission in Spain during World War II, from May 1942 to January 1945. Whilst briefly touching on Spain’s internal affairs, the principal focus is firmly on American policy toward Spain during those three wartime years, and Spain’s response thereto. Hayes provides the reader with a candid and factual record of this period, gleaned from firsthand eyewitness accounts and sensitive information he was privy to during his tenure. He draws in detail on excerpts from his personal diary kept for those three years, as well as various conversations, documents and correspondence from and with President Roosevelt and others. A fantastic historical record.
First Language Acquisition in Spanish
Author: Gilda Socarras
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441134085
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
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Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441134085
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
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Adventures of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Spanish
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
European Textiles
Author: Christa C. Mayer-Thurman
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870999893
Category : Tapestry
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This volume catalogues the more than 250 textiles and objects made of fabric that were part of Robert Lehman's bequest to the Metropolitan Museum in 1975. Many of these textiles were used as hangings, covers, or upholstery to embellish the Lehmans' elegant townhouse in Manhattan. They represent sixty-five years of assembling, owning, and living with historic fabrics on a day-to-day basis, and they document an American style of living and interior decoration that has largely disappeared. Among the highlights of the collection are two series of embroidered roundels from fifteenth-century Flanders that illustrate the lives of Saints Martin and Catherine of Alexandria; four large tapestries, including the Last Supper after Bernaert van Orley that is arguably the finest Renaissance tapestry in an American collection; and a number of ecclesiastical vestments and panels of magnificent silks and velvets in an array of techniques and styles that span six centuries. Comparative illustrations supplement the catalogue entries. Glossary, bibliography, and index. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870999893
Category : Tapestry
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This volume catalogues the more than 250 textiles and objects made of fabric that were part of Robert Lehman's bequest to the Metropolitan Museum in 1975. Many of these textiles were used as hangings, covers, or upholstery to embellish the Lehmans' elegant townhouse in Manhattan. They represent sixty-five years of assembling, owning, and living with historic fabrics on a day-to-day basis, and they document an American style of living and interior decoration that has largely disappeared. Among the highlights of the collection are two series of embroidered roundels from fifteenth-century Flanders that illustrate the lives of Saints Martin and Catherine of Alexandria; four large tapestries, including the Last Supper after Bernaert van Orley that is arguably the finest Renaissance tapestry in an American collection; and a number of ecclesiastical vestments and panels of magnificent silks and velvets in an array of techniques and styles that span six centuries. Comparative illustrations supplement the catalogue entries. Glossary, bibliography, and index. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.