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Title: A Concise History of Portugal by David Birmingham ISBN: 0-521-43880-2 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 17 June, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.29 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Covers the people, culture, economics, politics, and history
Comment: Students and travelers requiring an introduction to the people, culture, economics, politics, and history of Portugal will benefit substantially from reading A Concise History Of Portugal by David Birmingham (Emeritus Professor of Modern history, University of Kent at Canterbury). Now in its second edition, A Concise History Of Portugal is a modern account and the first to be written in English since the termination of dictatorship. No international history series can be considered complete without the inclusion of this Cambridge University Press edition of David Birmingham's A Concise History Of Portugal.
Rating: 2
Summary: A distorted picture of the country and its history
Comment: In my view, this history of Portugal gives a distorted image of the country. It stresses the country's problems and plays down its achievements. The book pictures Portugal as a country struggling to establish a place on the world scene; modernise its economy and society; and secure political stability (!). In contrast, one can not find much on Portugal's gold age of the voyages of discovery and a worldwide maritime empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In fact there is not much on the first centuries of Portugal as a country. The whole book is rather biased, giving a one-sided and not particularly flattering picture of Portugal. I much prefer the more objective and well-balanced approach of 'Portugal: A Companion History, by Jose Hermano Saraiva et al.
Rating: 4
Summary: Pretty good. Could be better.
Comment: David Birmingham does a pretty good job of sharing a CONCISE history. Maybe more detail should be given to the history of Portugal before 1700 CE. If you are looking for a reasonably quick overview, then this an excellent starting point. If you are looking for greater detail, you are going to need more than this publication supplies you.
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Title: The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808: A World on the Move by A. J. R. Russell-Wood ISBN: 0801859557 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Prince Henry the Navigator by Peter Russell ISBN: 0300091303 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Traveller's History of Portugal (The Traveller's History Series) by Ian C. Robertson ISBN: 1566564409 Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Maias (Penguin Classics) by Eca De Queiros, Ann Stevens, Patrica McGowan Pinheiro, Jose Maria Eca de Queiros ISBN: 014044694X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Crime of Father Amaro by Jose Maria Eca De Queiros, Margaret Jull Costa ISBN: 0811215326 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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