LEADER 03196oam 2200517 a 450 001 9910778945703321 005 20231019222132.0 010 $a1-283-68947-2 010 $a1-908493-39-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000087017 035 $a(EBL)862923 035 $a(OCoLC)778339992 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000692418 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12226679 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000692418 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10637627 035 $a(PQKB)10913975 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC862923 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000087017 100 $a20110524d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Portuguese $ea modern history /$fBarry Hatton 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aOxford $cSignal Books$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) 311 0 $a1-904955-77-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Behind 327 $aA 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; Ze? 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 Available 330 $aPortugal 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 language 606 $aNational characteristics, Portuguese 607 $aPortugal$xHistory 615 0$aNational characteristics, Portuguese. 676 $a946.9 700 $aHatton$b Barry$f1963-$01574634 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778945703321 996 $aThe Portuguese$93851017 997 $aUNINA