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The First Global Village

How Portugal Changed the World

by Martin Page
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Publisher: Editorial Notícias, April of 2002 ‧
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"Portugal is Europe’s south-western extremity, washed by the Atlantic, and warmed by the Mediterranean sun. Alone among Iberia’s ancient kingdoms in its independence from Spain, it is a nation about half the size of Florida, with two-thirds the population. Yet, over centuries, it has influenced the lives of the rest of us far more than many much larger and more powerful countries. The Portuguese gave the English afternoon tea, and Bombay the key to empire. They brought to Africa protection from Malaria, and slave-shipments to America; to India, higher education, curry, and samosas; to Japan, tempura and firearms. Portugal entered the 21st century as the first European nation to have freed itself from communism, returned to democracy, and set about rebuilding itself as a vital part of the new Europe." (from the back cover)

The First Global Village

How Portugal Changed the World

by Martin Page

Property Description
ISBN: 9789724613130
Publisher: Editorial Notícias
Release Date: April of 2002
Language: English
Dimensions: 149 x 229 x 18 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 280
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Portugal
Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Anthropology
EAN: 9789724613130
Recommended Minimum Age: Not applicable

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Martin Page

Martin Page nasceu em Londres em 1938 e morreu em 2005. Fez um mestrado em Antropologia, na Universidade de Cambridge e, em Manchester, foi jornalista no jornal The Guardian. Aos 24 anos, apesar de já então ter começado a perder a visão, tornou-se o mais jovem correspondente da imprensa inglesa no estrangeiro, cobrindo sete guerras, do Vietname à Argélia. Foi colocado em Paris, Roma e Moscovo, onde escreveu o seu primeiro livro o Unpersoned. Em Londres, colaborou com o Sunday Times. Os seus livros, editados em 14 línguas, incluem The Company Savage, que se tornou um best-seller na Alemanha e no Japão, e dois romances, The Pilot Plot e The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa, galardoado com alguns prémios literários em Inglaterra.

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