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Miguel de Unamuno (d. 1936), one of the most influential of modern Spanish writers and thinkers, has been described as Spain's richest mind of the twentieth century. This book provides a bibliography of the approximately 5,700 books in his private library in Salamanca and includes most of his readings and acquisitions. Also listed are at least 2,000 more books from a personal catalogue kept by Unamuno, which have been collated with the present collection. Since Unamuno read in vast and indiscriminate quantities, an organized approach to his library is essential for determining the full dimensions of his intellectual stimulation. An introductory essay by Mario J. Valdes makes an original contribution to the study of Unamuno by analysing intensively the methodology used in his readings, and relating them to his thought. This source book provides answers to many diverse questions about Unamuno and his works, for example: Which newspapers did Unamuno write in? How interested was he in literature from the United States? Did he read Kierkegaard in Spanish? What about Kant? Did he read Catalan? An appendix correlates the catalogue of readings to the Vergara edition of Unamuno's Obras completas.

This comprehensive account of the economic development of Spain, available for the first time in English, is generally regarded as a major achievement in Spanish historiography. It covers the entire history of Spain's economic and social evolution from prehistoric times to the end of the nineteenth century. The book originated from lectures given at the University of Barcelona by Jaime Vicens Vives, who has been called Spain's greatest historian in recent decades. Aware of all the major interpretations of Spanish history, the author draws upon the recent research of Spanish, French, and American historians; yet to the overall picture he gives his own imprint.Originally published in 1969.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The first part of the book is an able survey of'the Enlightenment'in eighteenth-century Spain. The second part, on'the Revolution,'is something more.Originally published in 1958.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Este libro de González Palacios da elementos para explicarnos cómo el fracaso de la Revolución de 1933 abrió en la historia cubana una brecha mucho más compleja de lo que la historiografía revolucionaria quiere reconocer. Curiosamente, muchas de las insatisfacciones expresadas en estas páginas contra la República fueron luego esgrimidas por la Revolución de 1959, sobre todo en sus primeros años de vocación nacionalista. Pero la gran lección de estas páginas es cómo una Revolución se pervierte a sí misma; como abre, pero también cierra el camino de lo revolucionario tras agotar las energías de varias generaciones. El testimonio de este revolucionario abochornado, que sin embargo al final de su vida escogió la vocación por encima del desencanto y trató de dar forma cultural a su idea de la nación, merece ser leído con amplitud de miras. Tiene descripciones muy precisas del comienzo de eso que ahora llaman “populismo”, de los dilemas de una generación rebasada por una suerte de maldición, que permeó por igual los fracasos del 33, del 52 y del 59. Ernesto Hernández Busto