Barcelona by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
As the host of the 1992 Olympic Games, the eyes of the world will once more be on Barcelona, a city which has always competed against the odds. Devoid of a natural port, and victim of numerous military defeats and economic disasters, she has still become the biggest metropolis on the Mediterranean seaboard, the industrial and commercial centre of Spain, and the capital of the fiercely independent Catalonia. Yet as Felipe Fernandez-Armesto reveals in this history of the city and its people, Barcelona can also boast an artistic and architectural heritage of remarkable and oft-undeclared richness. Woven into its fabric are vestiges from Roman times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the modern era - all of which bear an unmistakable tension which lies at the heart of the book.Felipe Fernández-Armesto is currently the William P. Reynolds Professor of History at Notre Dame University, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Global History. Fernández-Armesto is also a member of the history faculty at Queen Mary College, University of London. The author, coauthor, or editor of more than twenty-five books, Fernández-Armesto's work has been translated into twenty-two languages. His books include Before Columbus; The Times Illustrated History of Europe; Columbus; Millennium: A History of the Last Thousand Years (the subject of a ten-part series on CNN); Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature; Near a Thousand Tables; The Americas; Ideas That Changed the World; Humankind: A Brief History; The Times Atlas of World Exploration; Reformations; Truth; and The Times Guide to the Peoples of Europe.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192852731 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192852736 |
| Title | Barcelona |
| Author | Felipe Fernandez Armesto |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1992-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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