03196oam 2200517 a 450 991077894570332120231019222132.01-283-68947-21-908493-39-9(CKB)2550000000087017(EBL)862923(OCoLC)778339992(SSID)ssj0000692418(PQKBManifestationID)12226679(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000692418(PQKBWorkID)10637627(PQKB)10913975(MiAaPQ)EBC862923(EXLCZ)99255000000008701720110524d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Portuguese a modern history /Barry Hatton2nd ed.Oxford Signal Books20111 online resource (289 pages)1-904955-77-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Preface; Dedication; Introduction: Wrestling with Bulls; Like a Stopped Wheel; The Portuguese; 561 by 218; Spontaneous Generosity; Capital and Countryside; Different Textures; Island Idylls; Leading Medieval Europe out of the Mediterranean; A Well-Armed Baker: Portuguese Origins; Gold Rush; Spend, Spend, Spend; Echoes of Empire; "A Silent Presence"; Deep-Felt Kinship; Dictator's Doctrine; Mixed Blood; In Whom Do We Trust?; Neighbours Apart; The Oldest Ally; A Broken Homeland; Earthquake and Invasion; Left BehindA Dictator's Walled Garden; God, Homeland, Family; Foreign Complicity; War Atrocities; The "Caetano Spring"; A Very Portuguese Coup; "A New Portugal: Extremely Fragile"; Giddy Change; The Good Times Roll; The New Portugal; The "Golden Year"; Gentle Anarchists; Driven Mad; Rebels without a Cause; Zé Povinho: Idiosyncrasy Personified; Sweet Sorrow; Sentimental Nature; Tunes from the Docks; Slow-Food Nation; Land of Plenty; Jewish Sausage and Convent Desserts; Wine and Firewater; That Sinking Feeling; Bad Habits; A Negative Miracle; New Horizons; The EU Generation; Breaking the Mould; New Departures; End Matter; Further Reading; Literature in Translation; Films; Websites; Also AvailablePortugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency and a founder member of NATO. Yet it is an inconspicuous and largely overlooked country on the continent's south-west rim.In the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Age of Discovery the Portuguese led Europe out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic and they brought Asia and Europe together. Evidence of their one-time four-continent empire can still be felt, not least in the Portuguese languageNational characteristics, PortuguesePortugalHistoryNational characteristics, Portuguese.946.9Hatton Barry1963-1574634MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778945703321The Portuguese3851017UNINA