{"product_id":"the-story-of-spanish-paperback","title":"The Story of Spanish - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Benoit Nadeau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulie Barlow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of French\u003c\/i\u003e are back with a new linguistic history of the Spanish language and its progress around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust how did a dialect spoken by a handful of shepherds in Northern Spain become the world's second most spoken language, the official language of twenty-one countries on two continents, and the unofficial second language of the United States? Jean-Beno t Nadeau and Julie Barlow, the husband-and-wife team who chronicled the history of the French language in \u003ci\u003eThe Story of French\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e now look at the roots and spread of modern Spanish. Full of surprises and honed in Nadeau and Barlow's trademark style, combining personal anecdote, reflections, and deep research, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Spanish\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full biography of a language that shaped the world we know, and the only global language with two names--Spanish and Castilian. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story starts when the ancient Phoenicians set their sights on The Land of the Rabbits, Spain's original name, which the Romans pronounced as \u003ci\u003eHispania\u003c\/i\u003e. The Spanish language would pick up bits of Germanic culture, a lot of Arabic, and even some French on its way to taking modern form just as it was about to colonize a New World. Through characters like Queen Isabella, Christopher Columbus, Cervantes, and Goya, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Spanish\u003c\/i\u003e shows how Spain's Golden Age, the Mexican Miracle, and the Latin American Boom helped shape the destiny of the language. Other, more somber episodes, also contributed, like the Spanish Inquisition, the expulsion of Spain's Jews, the destruction of native cultures, the political instability in Latin America, and the dictatorship of Franco. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of Spanish\u003c\/i\u003e shows there is much more to Spanish than tacos, flamenco, and bullfighting. It explains how the United States developed its Hispanic personality from the time of the Spanish conquistadors to Latin American immigration and \u003ci\u003etelenovelas\u003c\/i\u003e. It also makes clear how fundamentally Spanish many American cultural artifacts and customs actually are, including the dollar sign, barbecues, ranching, and cowboy culture. The authors give us a passionate and intriguing chronicle of a vibrant language that thrived through conquests and setbacks to become the tongue of Pedro Almod var and Gabriel Garc a M rquez, of tango and ballroom dancing, of millions of Americans and hundreds of millions of people throughout the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJEAN-BENOIT NADEAU and JULIE BARLOW are the authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Story of French\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eSixty Million Frenchmen Can't be Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e. They live in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.22 x 8.43 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52584909013299,"sku":"9781250049049","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aE5sei9Rd3BVS1ZFOGF6ZGdicWxFdz09.webp?v=1761598742","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-story-of-spanish-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}