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Cultural Atlas of Spain and Portugal (Cultural Atlas of)
by Mary Vincent, R. A. Stradling
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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• you can do better
  It is an alright book, I needed it for a class and was a little disappointed with the contents. As a brief overview it was fine but I think there is a reason it is no longer in print.

• Excellent survey of Iberian history
  This book is excellent. It is exactly what it says it is, a cultural atlas (map of culture). The book gives an refreshing survey of Iberian history. The book covers the Phonicians, Greeks thru the death of Franco. The book abounds with topographic and cultural maps. A must buy!!!!

• Should be entitled "A Brief Encyclopedia of Iberian Culture"
  Unfortunately the authors have no idea what the word ATLAS means (this seems to be the case with most recent so-called atlases that I have seen). Although there are a few maps, anyone who was hoping for an extensive series of interesting and detailed maps will be sorely disappointed.

• Excellent book on cultural and political history of Iberia
  This book offers an interesting, non-textbook style cultural and socio-political history of Spain and Portugal, well illustrated by plenty of excellent photographs. The special sections on cultural, architectural features and the great artists of the countries, like "paella", "The Great Mosque of Cordoba" and "Dali" are excellent. Another good thing about this book is that you can start reading from anywhere because the sections are self-contained. Unfortunately, not enough is mentioned about... more info

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