The Portuguese: The Land and Its People (Aspects of Portugal)

By Marion Kaplan

Book Overview

A history of Portugal which describes how it was once one of the richest, most powerful countries on earth, but has for generations been regarded as the poor relation of Europe. The book also conjures... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670823643
• ISBN13: 9780670823642
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.6" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

The Portuguese: The Land & Its People

This perceptive volume (1992) is one of the finest all-round books about the Portuguese people, and a first-rate travel-companion. Ranging knowledgeably from literature to the Church, from agriculture to emigrantes, its sympathetic feminine perspective seems appropriate for a country whose men so often seem to be abroad. Usefully updated in 1998.