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The disinherited : exile and the making of Spanish culture, 1492-1975 / Henry Kamen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : HarperCollins Pub., c2007.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: xvi, 508 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0060730862
  • 9780060730864
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DP48 .K35 2007
Contents:
Prelude: 1492 - A cultural legacy -- The survival of the Jew -- The persistence of the Moor -- The wars of religion -- The discovery of 'Europe' -- Romantic Spain -- Searching for a national identity -- The elite diaspora of 1936-9 -- The search for Atlantis -- Hispanic identity and the permanence of exile -- The return of the exiles.
Summary: An analysis of the role of exiles in the evolution of Spanish culture traces the contributions of the Spanish state's racial minorities and dissidents over the course of five hundred years, arguing that Spanish exiles became universal products of their changed culture.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-456) and index.

An analysis of the role of exiles in the evolution of Spanish culture traces the contributions of the Spanish state's racial minorities and dissidents over the course of five hundred years, arguing that Spanish exiles became universal products of their changed culture.

Prelude: 1492 - A cultural legacy -- The survival of the Jew -- The persistence of the Moor -- The wars of religion -- The discovery of 'Europe' -- Romantic Spain -- Searching for a national identity -- The elite diaspora of 1936-9 -- The search for Atlantis -- Hispanic identity and the permanence of exile -- The return of the exiles.