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Description for Andalucia
Paperback. A garden at the foot of Europe and a crossroads between Spain, Africa and the New World, Andaluca has been a cultural customs house on the border of the Mediterranean and Atlantic civilisations for more than ten thousand years. This book covers the whole historyy of the region. Series: Landscapes of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
A garden at the foot of Europe and a crossroads between Spain, Africa and the New World, Andaluca has been a cultural customs house on the border of the Mediterranean and Atlantic civilisations for more than ten thousand years. This book traces its origins from the earliest hominid settlers in the Granada mountains 1.8 million years ago, through successive Phoenician, Greek, Roman and Muslim cultures, and the past five hundred years of modern Castilian rule, up to and including the present day of post-modern novelists in Crdoba and Sevilla, guerrilla urban archaeologists in Torremolinos and Marbella, and underground lo-fi bands ... Read more
A garden at the foot of Europe and a crossroads between Spain, Africa and the New World, Andaluca has been a cultural customs house on the border of the Mediterranean and Atlantic civilisations for more than ten thousand years. This book traces its origins from the earliest hominid settlers in the Granada mountains 1.8 million years ago, through successive Phoenician, Greek, Roman and Muslim cultures, and the past five hundred years of modern Castilian rule, up to and including the present day of post-modern novelists in Crdoba and Sevilla, guerrilla urban archaeologists in Torremolinos and Marbella, and underground lo-fi bands ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Landscapes of the Imagination
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904955443
SKU
V9781904955443
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About John Gill
JOHN GILL is the author of the Thomas Cook Guide to Seville and Andalucia and The Essential Gaudi. MICHELLE CHAPLOW has lived and worked in Andalucia for seventeen years. Her love of Spanish culture and traditions is evident in her collection of award-winning images of Andalucia, one of the most extensive in the world. Her work has appeared in books ... Read more
Reviews for Andalucia
'A cultured and riveting read, with a simmering sense of adventure.'
Irish Times
Irish Times