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Spain: The Root and the Flower: A History of the Civilization of Spain and of the Spanish People

Book by John A. Crow; Harper & Row, 1963

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National Characteristics, Spanish, Spain--Civilization

Collections: History, Entire Library

a great many others. All of them have contributed to the develop. ment of my own ideas concerning Spanish civilization. No one but myself, however, is in any way responsible for any statement or opinion expressed in this book. JOHN A. CROW University of California Los Angeles
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A History of Spanish Civilization

Book by Rafael Altamira, P. Volkov; Constable, 1930

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Spain--Civilization--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...readers. His History of Spain and of Spanish Civilization is known to all serious students of history...few of them must have learnt to read the Spanish language -- while his Psychology of the Spanish People is familiar to all serious students...
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The Spanish Redemption: Heritage, Power, and Loss on New Mexico's Upper Rio Grande

Book by Charles Montgomery; University of California Press, 2002

Subjects:

Colonial Revival (Architecture)--New Mexico, Colonial Revival (Art)--New Mexico, New Mexico--Civilization, New Mexico--Ethnic Relations, Rio Grande Valley--Civilization, Rio Grande Valley--Ethnic Relations, Spanish Americans--New Mexico--Ethnic Identity, Spanish Americans--New Mexico--History, Spanish Americans--New Mexico--Intellectual Life

Collections: History, Entire Library

...culture would distort the ruins Spanish colonial character. Hewett was...was creating prejudice among the Spanish-American people, he called...continue the architectural tribute to Spanish civilization. 68 The answer began to take...
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The Spanish Tradition in Louisiana

Book by Samuel G. Armistead; Juan de la Cuesta-Hispanic Monographs, 1992

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Folk Literature, Spanish--Louisiana--History And Criticism, Louisiana--Civilization--Spanish Influences, Spanish Language--Dialects--Louisiana

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...form or meaning, depart from Standard Spanish have been included. Verbs are usually...American English; Am.Sp.=American Spanish; Ast.=Asturian; B.=Bruli; Can.Sp.=Canarian Spanish; Cat.=Catalan; Colomb.Sp.= Colombian...
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Reception and Renewal in Modern Spanish Theatre, 1939-1963

Book by John London; W. S. Maney & Son, 1997

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Spain--Civilization--Foreign Influences, Spanish Drama--20th Century, Theater--Spain--History--20th Century, Theater--Spain--Influence

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...typified the spirit of much Spanish theatrical writing, modern...of the history of modern Spanish theatre. The reception of...history of the different civilizations is the history of their translations. Each civilization, as each soul, is different...overambitious. By defining a Spanish interpretation of what was...

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Journal Articles on: spanish civilization

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Blended Spanish Instruction: Perceptions and Design a Case Study

Journal article by Chris J. Jochum; Journal of Instructional Psychology, Vol. 38, 2011

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Educational psychology--Research, Language instruction--Methods, Online education--Methods, Spanish language--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...face) Latin American Civilization Spanish class offered at a mid...associated with their own Spanish skills as well as taking...Objectives Latin American Civilization is a survey of both...The textbook is in Spanish, although it does offer...
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Adelina "Nina" Otero-Warren: A Spanish-American Cultural Broker

Journal article by Ann M. Massmann; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 42, 2000

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Anglo-Americans--Social aspects, Culture--New Mexico, English Americans--Social aspects, Native Americans--Social aspects, Native North Americans--Social aspects, New Mexico--Demographic aspects, Otero-Warren, Adelina--Behavior, Social workers--Behavior, Spanish Americans--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Spanish"-centric view of the Spanish-speaking culture of New Mexico. In the progress of American civilization we cannot overlook the fact that the descendent of the Spanish Colonials (racially Spanish and Mexican) is a native American...
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Alva Ixtlilxochitl, Civilization, and the Quest for Coevalness

Journal article by Thomas Ward; Studies in American Indian Literatures, Vol. 23, 2011

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Aztec civilization, Bible, Christianity, Greek civilization, Native North Americans, Philosophy

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sixteenth-century European "civilization" in this article, was...coevalness of preHispanic civilizations. The policy of cultural...perspective codified in the Spanish chroniclers represents an...regarded as valuable traces of civilization. The denial of coevalness...outward thrust given form by Spanish and Portuguese military...
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William McKinley's Values and the Origins of the Spanish-American War: A Reinterpretation

Journal article by Nick Kapur; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 41, 2011

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Decision making--Political aspects, Decision-making--Political aspects, McKinley, William (American president)--Powers and duties, President of the United States--Powers and duties, Spanish American War, 1898, United States history--War of 1898, Yellow journalism--Influence

Collections: History, Entire Library

...journalism" in causing the Spanish-American War. These...The Rise of American Civilization, who first popularized...boldly declared, "The Spanish American War would not...1995. Manliness and Civilization: A Cultural History...American Society and the Spanish-American War. Ann...
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The Spanish of Equatorial Guinea(1): Research on la Hispanidad's Best-kept Secret

Journal article by John Lipski; Afro - Hispanic Review, Vol. 21, 2002

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Colonies & territories, Equatorial Guinea, History, Spanish language

Collections: History, Entire Library

...common non- English source is Spanish. It might be expected that...outside the pale of colonial civilization, and had no contact with...learned to communicate in Spanish. The main vector for the...with popular levels, while Spanish, although widely spoken and...

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Magazine Articles on: spanish civilization

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Vestiges of a Lost Civilization: The Complex and Elaborate Maze of Ruins Created by the Quilmes Civilization Is One of the Most Important Archeological Areas in Argentina

Magazine article by Albert J. Casciero; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 63, March 2011

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Argentina--Social aspects, Indigenous peoples-government relations--Management, Pre-Columbian civilizations--Military aspects, Spanish colonies--Design and construction, Spanish colonies--History

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Vestiges of a Lost Civilization: The Complex and Elaborate...1500s, when the first Spanish conquerors arrived in...the arrival of the first Spanish conquerors and it ended...their common enemy, the Spanish, when necessary. But...
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Digging Up the Origins of Civilization: Geologist and Historian Roger Osborne Wants to Know Just What People Mean When They Use the 'C' Word

Magazine article by Roger Osborne; History Today, Vol. 56, January 2006

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Books--Book reviews, Civilization: A New History of the Western World (Book)--Book reviews

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...Digging Up the Origins of Civilization: Geologist and Historian...particular the concept of civilization, roaring into the present...dreams of Lucrecia de Leon, a Spanish woman of the late sixteenth...and the problem of Western civilization. For the first couple of...
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"I'm Right, You're Wrong, Go to Hell": Religions and the Meeting of Civilizations

Magazine article by Bernard Lewis; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 291, May 2003

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Christian civilization--History, Christian civilization--International aspects, Civilization, Christian--History, Civilization, Christian--International aspects, Civilization, Western--International aspects, Civilization, Western--Religious aspects, Islamic culture--History, Islamic culture--International aspects, Islamic fundamentalism--Military aspects, Islamic fundamentalism--Social aspects, Nationalism--Religious aspects, Western culture--International aspects, Western culture--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...talked of this civilization and that civilization, and of interaction and influence between civilizations; but only one civilization was alive and well and advancing...part of a dying world. The one civilization was, of course, the West. Only two civilizations have been defined by religion...
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Spain Reclaims Its African Heritage: After Centuries of Denial, Spain Is Reclaiming the Heritage of Arab-African Moors Who Brought a High Civilisation to Barbarian Europe

Magazine article by Sinikka Kahl; New African, May 2002

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Africa, Civilization, Medieval--History, Ethnic groups--History, International relations--Evaluation, Muslims--History, Spain--History, Spanish foreign relations--Africa, Spanish history

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...The Catholic cemetery in the southern Spanish port of Algeciras has dozens of graves...markets of Morocco. He uses hundreds of Spanish words - many of them beginning with the...hidden from the eyes of passers-by. Spanish-style houses can be found in the Moroccan...
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Amazing Maya Inventions You Can Build Yourself New Book Designed to Help Kids Learn History of the Ancient Maya Civilization

Magazine article by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt; Curriculum Review, Vol. 46, April 2007

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Amazing Maya Inventions You Can Build Yourself (Book)--Evaluation, Authors--Interviews, Bell-Rehwoldt, Sheri--Interviews, Writers--Interviews

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...the Ancient Maya Civilization. by Sheri Bell...fascinating and influential civilizations through handson building...the powerful Maya civilization through informational...El Castillo, the Spanish term for "the Castle...Why? Because the Spanish priests set on converting...came out of the Maya Civilization? Perhaps there is...just how dependant civilizations are on their members...

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Newspaper Articles on: spanish civilization

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Ancient Rome's Spanish Outpost; the Extremadura Region Is off the Beaten Track Yet Is Full of Conquistador Riches and Also Home to Merida, the Best-Preserved Roman City in Spain, Discovers Charlotte Eagar

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 8, 2009

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Ancient Roman civilization

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Ancient Romes Spanish Outpost; the Extremadura Region Is off the Beaten Track Yet Is Full...Trujillo, a creamy hill town. Now its the secret weekend retreat of the Spanish intelligentsia but it has a much more violent past. It was the home...
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No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition

Newspaper article by Richard Grenier; The Washington Times, August 8, 1997

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Spain

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and brilliant contributions to Spanish civilization of its former Jewish community...speeches and voting records of Spanish delegates to the United Nations...priests and nuns now abound in Spanish movies, and the church played...
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Spanish Profs Train Pinoy Teachers on Language Teaching

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 5, 2010

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Teachers--Training

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...competence in real contexts of Spanish usage, by consolidating the...listening, and speaking); and Spanish culture and civilization, in order to contribute to...peoples way of life. Some 21 Spanish-speaking countries with economic...
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The Spanish Connection

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 31, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Spanish Connection. ATHENS --- Yes, IAacute accentm here where civilization started. I am here where the first tourists where gods. Im here where just two months ago, this place almost became the biggest...
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Perspective for Philippine-Spanish Relations

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 2, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...a" our shared civilization a" our shared...think that the Spanish came to the Philippines...completely lost to civilization. And let us continue translating Spanish writing to Filipino...Filipino writing to Spanish a" so that we...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: spanish civilization

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ZumÁrraga, Juan De

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ZUMARRAGA, JUAN DE hwan da thooma raga, 1468 1548, Spanish churchman, first bishop of Mexico, a Franciscan...and to end human sacrifice. In his zeal to bring Spanish civilization to them, however, he destroyed valuable native manuscripts...
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Altamira Y Crevea, RafaÉl

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...RAFAEL rafael altame ra e krava a, 1866 1951, Spanish jurist and historian. He was appointed professor...civilizacion espanola (5 vol., 1913 29; tr. A History of Spanish Civilization, 1930) is the best known...
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Maya , Indigenous People of Mexico and Central America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...gods. In contrast to the civilizations of central Mexico, urbanization...region was peripheral to the Spanish American colonies because...administrative elite group of Spanish-speaking whites and ladinos...Jones, Maya Resistance to Spanish Rule (1989); N. Hammond, Ancient Maya Civilization (1990); S. Martin and...
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YucatÁn , Peninsula, North America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...before the arrival of the Spanish, Yucatan was the seat of a great civilization (see Maya ). Probably the...were the two survivors of a Spanish shipwreck (1511) Gonzalo...groups. Mayan resistance to Spanish (and later Mexican) rule...
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Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the cradle of indigenous civilizations whose remains bear witness...900) was the apex of Maya civilization and is described as that...the collapse of the Maya civilization is not precisely understood...chronology. The Olmec The Olmec civilization, to the west, in the area...civilization fell to the Spanish invaders in 1538. Bibliography...

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