The Spanish Frustration


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Old troubles with remote origins persist in modern Spain, including huge public debts, extensive corruption, widespread unlawfulness, oligarchical politics, territorial splits, and permanent protests and riots. When did Spain screw up? The Spanish Frustration provides an interpretation of several important aspects of present-day Spain and its past stories. It argues that, in the long term, Spain missed the opportunity to become a consolidated modern nation-state because it was entangled in imperial adventures for several centuries when it should have been building a solid domestic basis for further endeavors. In short: a ruinous empire made a weak state, which built an incomplete nation, which sustains a minority democracy.




El Catecismo de la Doctrina Cristiana Explicado, ó Explicaciones del Astete Que Convienen Tambien al Ripalda (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from El Catecismo de la Doctrina Cristiana Explicado, ó Explicaciones del Astete Que Convienen Tambien al Ripalda Estudia, lector cristiano la religion del Hijo de Dios que has profesado. Procura conocerla bien, y no podrás dejar de amarla y de cumplir los deberes que ella te impone. A este fin se han dirigido los desvelos y sudores que me'han costado estas explicaciones. La regla para calificar y dar dictamen sobre un escrito es leerle tres veces, cuando menos; para aprender su contenido y valerse de él, no hay mas regla que leetle cuantas veces sean necesarias para conseguirlo. Lee estas explicaciones las veces que necesites para que te sean provechosas; léelas á lo menos tres veces para caliñcarlas y formar juicio de ellas; léelas siquiera una por entero y lo mas seguid'amente que puedas y yo espero que, si no has hecho antes un estudio de la religion, has de sacar, Dios mediante, una mejora notable en la idea que tienes formada de ella, y un nuevo estímulo para cumplir las obligaciones que ella te impone. Así sea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




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