Civilizacion y cultura / Edition 11

by Lynn A. Sandstedt, Ralph Kite

Overview

One of three volumes in the highly successful INTERMEDIATE SPANISH series, CIVILIZACI N Y CULTURA, Eleventh Edition, offers detailed insight into the development and perpetuation of Hispanic culture. The accompanying exercises reinforce reading, writing, and speaking skills by presenting engaging materials in a variety of formats and genres.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781133956808
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Series:	World Languages
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Lynn A. Sandstedt is a native of Colorado and a Ph.D. graduate in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He taught at the University of Northern Colorado for 22 years and served as Chairman of the Foreign Language Department and the Department of Hispanic Studies. He was elected to serve on ACTFL Executive and later was elected to serve as president. He was elected president of the AATSP and several years later was selected to be the executive director. Sandstedt has received several prestigious awards for his work in Foreign Language Education.


Ralph Kite earned a Ph.D. in Ibero-American Studies from the University of New Mexico. He spent several years organizing and directing Peace Corps language training programs at New Mexico and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He continued to pursue interests in different teaching and learning approaches (film, computers, and theater) at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he served as chair for 10 years.

Table of Contents

1. Origenes de la cultura hisp nica: Europa. 2. Origenes de la cultura hisp nica: America. 3. La religion en el mundo hisp nico. 4. Aspectos de la familia en el mundo hisp nico. 5. El hombre y la mujer en la sociedad hisp nica. 6. Costumbres y creencias. 7. Aspectos economicos de Hispanoamerica. 8. Los movimientos evolucionarios del siglo XX. 9. La educacion en el mundo hisp nico. 10. La ciudad en el mundo hisp nico. 11. Los Estados Unidos y lo hisp nico. 12. La presencia hisp nica en los Estados Unidos.