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The New World of the Gothic Fox. Culture and Economy in English and Spanish America.
Claudio Veliz
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hardcover. Adopting the metaphor of foxes and hedgehogs that Isaiah Berlin used to describe opposite types of thinkers, this title provides an original approach to understanding the development of English and Spanish America over the past 500 years. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Claudio Veliz adopts the provocative metaphor of foxes and hedgehogs that Isaiah Berlin used to describe opposite types of thinkers. Applying this metaphor to modern culture, economic systems, and the history of the New World, Veliz provides an original and lively approach to understanding the development of English and Spanish America over the past 500 years. According to Veliz, the dominant cultural achievements of Europe's English- and Spanish-speaking people have been the Industrial Revolution and the Counter-Reformation, respectively. These overwhelming cultural constructions have strongly influenced the subsequent historical developments of their great cultural outposts in North and South America. The ... Read more
Claudio Veliz adopts the provocative metaphor of foxes and hedgehogs that Isaiah Berlin used to describe opposite types of thinkers. Applying this metaphor to modern culture, economic systems, and the history of the New World, Veliz provides an original and lively approach to understanding the development of English and Spanish America over the past 500 years. According to Veliz, the dominant cultural achievements of Europe's English- and Spanish-speaking people have been the Industrial Revolution and the Counter-Reformation, respectively. These overwhelming cultural constructions have strongly influenced the subsequent historical developments of their great cultural outposts in North and South America. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520083165
SKU
V9780520083165
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About Claudio Veliz
Claudio Veliz is University Professor and Professor of History at Boston University.
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