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The Portuguese: A Portrait of a People
Barry Hatton
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Description for The Portuguese: A Portrait of a People
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; HBJD; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Portugal 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. Barry Hatton shines a light on this enigmatic corner of Europe by blending historical analysis with entertaining personal anecdotes. He describes the idiosyncracies that make the Portuguese unique and surveys the eventful path that brought them to where they are today. In the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Age of Discovery the Portuguese led Europe out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic and they ... Read more
Portugal 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. Barry Hatton shines a light on this enigmatic corner of Europe by blending historical analysis with entertaining personal anecdotes. He describes the idiosyncracies that make the Portuguese unique and surveys the eventful path that brought them to where they are today. In the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Age of Discovery the Portuguese led Europe out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic and they ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904955771
SKU
V9781904955771
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Ref
99-4
About Barry Hatton
Barry Hatton has been a foreign correspondent in Lisbon for more than twenty years. He has previously co-authored a biography, in Portuguese, of Portugal's first ever woman prime minister, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo.
Reviews for The Portuguese: A Portrait of a People
'Hatton clearly loves Portugal and has written an engaging, often delightful history.'
Publishers Weekly 'Barry Hatton has written a lively and rigorous account of how a nation that is so often overlooked has come through disaster, dictatorship, revolution and economic mismanagement... The Portuguese is a must-read for first-timers wanting to know more about the country, but it is also ... Read more
Publishers Weekly 'Barry Hatton has written a lively and rigorous account of how a nation that is so often overlooked has come through disaster, dictatorship, revolution and economic mismanagement... The Portuguese is a must-read for first-timers wanting to know more about the country, but it is also ... Read more