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Raymond Carr : The Curiosity of the Fox, Paperback by Hernandez, María Jesús ...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781845197322
- Book Title
- Raymond Carr : the Curiosity of the Fox
- Book Series
- Lse Studies in Spanish History Ser.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Item Length
- 6.1 in
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Europe / Spain & Portugal, Europe / Great Britain / General, Educators, Historical
- Item Weight
- 30.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 9 in
- Number of Pages
- 528 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
ISBN-10
1845197321
ISBN-13
9781845197322
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211786537
Product Key Features
Book Title
Raymond Carr : the Curiosity of the Fox
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Europe / Spain & Portugal, Europe / Great Britain / General, Educators, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
Lse Studies in Spanish History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
30.7 Oz
Item Length
6.1 in
Item Width
9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Raymond Carr is a very important and also attractive figure in British academic life and nobody could have written a better biography than this one. This book not only brings an unusually interesting person to life, but fills a large gap in the literature -- the profound links between British academia, historical writing and our understanding of Spain." -- Professor Eric Hobsbawm, Raymond Carr is a very important and also attractive figure in British academic life and nobody could have written a better biography than this one. This book not only brings an unusually interesting person to life, but fills a large gap in the literature the profound links between British academia, historical writing and our understanding of Spain. Professor Eric Hobsbawm
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
946.0072/02 B
Synopsis
Raymond Carr pioneered a new way of looking at modern Spanish history, releasing Spaniards form the shackles of Romantic myth and allowing them to see their nation as a country like any other, rather than one set apart from the rest of Europe. Born in humble circumstances, he journeyed through a fascinating period in twentieth-century British history, vaulting the class barriers that were still very much in place in the England of his day and turning himself into an interested and acutely observant member of the exclusive and decadent world of the late aristocracy, even becoming a keen huntsman. Familiar with the intricate and secret highways and byways of Oxford, both as an undergraduate at Christ Church and, later, as a Fellow of All Souls and of New College, he eventually became Warden of St Antony's. Throughout his Oxford life, he met and befriended some of the most important, eccentric, and charismatic intellectual figures of the entire twentieth century. But he was also on first-name terms with aristocrats, prime ministers, artists, spies, the foremost U.S. players in the Cold War, and military leaders in Francoist Spain. This biography tells a story that is in some ways stranger than fiction. By tracing the various facets of Raymond Carr's life and personality - as intellectual, traveller, social chameleon, academic mover and shaker, lover of politics, and unrepentant enquirer into anything and everything to do with life and human history - the author builds a masterly picture of the society into which he was born, the politics and culture of a England that is now lost to us, and the work of one of England's major Hispanists. Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies, Raymond Carr pioneered a new way of looking at modern Spanish history, releasing Spaniards form the shackles of Romantic myth and allowing them to see their nation as a country like any other, rather than one set apart from the rest of Europe. Born in humble circumstances, he journeyed through a fascinating period in twentieth-century British history, vaulting the class barriers that were still very much in place in the England of his day and turning himself into an interested and acutely observant member of the exclusive and decadent world of the late aristocracy, even becoming a keen huntsman. Familiar with the intricate and secret highways and byways of Oxford, both as an undergraduate at Christ Church and, later, as a Fellow of All Souls and of New College, he eventually became Warden of St Antony's. Throughout his Oxford life, he met and befriended some of the most important, eccentric, and charismatic intellectual figures of the entire twentieth century. But he was also on first-name terms with aristocrats, prime ministers, artists, spies, the foremost U.S. players in the Cold War, and military leaders in Francoist Spain. This biography tells a story that is in some ways stranger than fiction. By tracing the various facets of Raymond Carr's life and personality -- as intellectual, traveller, social chameleon, academic mover and shaker, lover of politics, and unrepentant enquirer into anything and everything to do with life and human history -- the author builds a masterly picture of the society into which he was born, the politics and culture of a England that is now lost to us, and the work of one of England's major Hispanists. Published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies.
LC Classification Number
DP63.7
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