6/19/2023 0 Comments The Portuguese by Barry Hatton![]() The long dictatorship of twentieth-century strongman Antonio Salazar, as well as recent diplomatic and economic situations, is studied alongside such cultural traditions as fado (the national music) and the zesty Portuguese cuisine. What compelled the great overseas Portuguese discoveries is addressed, after which Hatton identifies the conditions that undermined Portugal's new wealth gained from colonizing enterprises in Africa, Asia, and the Americas and that, ironically, inexorability to the nation's decline. Yet it is an inconspicuous and largely overlooked country on the continent’s south-west rim. ![]() ![]() Affection for and sober views of his subject impart a geniality and balance to his account of the development of the Portuguese nation, and his book itself answers the need for a good general history for lay readers. By Barry Hatton 5 / 5 ( 4 ratings ) About this ebook Portugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency and a founder member of NATO. ![]() The question posed by the history of Portugal is, How could a nation fall so precipitously from glorious empire-builder in the vanguard of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century age of discovery to poor backwater of Europe, languishing outside the sphere of international influence? The author, a Lisbon-based English correspondent, rests his answer on years of studying Portuguese history and the Portuguese national character. ![]()
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