Iberian Worlds

Zusatztext "McDonogh's very informative work includes substantive material on Portugal as well as Spain! with even a bow toward Andorra....Based largely on an impressive array of secondary materials as enriched by the author's personal experiences! this book is appropriate for informed general readers and scholars - Recommended."-- Choice! August 2009 Informationen zum Autor Gary W. McDonogh has devoted more than three decades to anthropological studies of Iberian cities and peoples in Europe, Asia and the Americas. He is currently Professor and Director of the Program in Growth and Structure of Cities at Bryn Mawr College and coordinator of the concentration in Latino, Latin American and Iberian Peoples and Cultures. Klappentext Iberian Worlds is an imaginative! short text that dramatically depicts important globalization themes and processes through the important flows and impacts Spain and Portugal have had with many important regions of the world for many centuries. Spain and Portugal have long histories at the cutting-edge of world relations! managing far-flung empires! and author Gary McDonogh stresses this historical perspective as well as foregrounding the vast present world fostered by the "Iberian project" - Latin America! Southern Europe! parts of Asia and Africa! in which Spain and Portugal possess enormous power. Zusammenfassung A vivid reading of globalization through centuries of Iberian peoples, places and encounters. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Empires and Nations, Centers and Peripheries 2. Geographies of Place: Coasts and Mountains, Climates and Islands 3. Cities. Countryside and Citizens 4. Between Africa and Europe 5. Global Iberias: Latin American and Asian Images and Connections. Conclusions: Barcelona and Catalonia as Iberian Microcosm

Product details

• Authors: Gary McDonogh, Gary McDonogh, Gary (Bryn Mawr College Mcdonogh, Gary Wray Mcdonogh, McDonogh Gary
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2008
• EAN: 9780415947718
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94771-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Global Realities; Global Realities
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Society and culture: general