Books of the month

A monthly selection of new titles from the publishers we represent.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War

In 25 innovative thematic essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War sees an interdisciplinary team of scholars examine a conflict that, more than 80 years after its conclusion, continues to generate both scholarly and public controversy.

ISBN 9781350230408

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The Portuguese Revolution of 1974-1975

A prime aim of this book is to view the revolution not only in terms of Portugals global position at the time, especially its historic colonialism, but what all players thought and expressed in the run-up to the 25th of April.

ISBN 9781789761832

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The Paradox of Paradise

The Paradox of Paradise focuses on the trajectory of urban coastal tourism in Spain from the late Franco years to the present through the lens of Spanish cultural production. “Sun‑and‑fun” destinations like Torremolinos (located in the Costa del Sol) and Benidorm (located in the Costa Blanca) established a model for urban renewal that literally built the coasts to accommodate and expand foreign tourism as the driving force of the so‑called Spanish Economic Miracle.

ISBN 9780826506214

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Performing Populism

The book's first part examines how the 15-M movement created a new way of seeing that in turn led to a new way of doing politics in Spain. Part Two focuses on the multiple ramifications of that new vision once the people stopped marching and the movement became less visible.

ISBN 9780826506092

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Antonio Buero Vallejo

This book explores Antonio Buero Vallejo’s use of the theater for historical memory activism and the role this function had in his formation as a tragedian.

ISBN 9781803740911

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Is Spain Different?

Is Spain Different? offers a fresh and stimulating perspective on Spain's recent past that is not only of interest to students of Spanish and European history alike, but also sheds new light on the current political debates regarding Spain's place in the world.

ISBN 9781837644056

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The Book of Horsemanship by Duarte I of Portugal

Written around 1430, Duarte of Portugal's remarkable treatise on chivalric horsemanship, the Livro do Cavalgar (Book on Riding), is the sole substantial contemporary source to survive on the definitive physical skill of the medieval knight

ISBN 9781837651078

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