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Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. First published in the early s, Tree of Hate is Philip Powell's exploration of "the Black Legend"--the popular myth that colonial Spain and her military and religious agents were brutal and unrelenting in their conquest of the Americas.

Get A Copy. Hardcover , pages. Published October 11th by Basic Books first published June 1st More Details Original Title. Other Editions 3. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Tree of Hate , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Apr 17, Sheziss rated it really liked it Shelves: essay , read-in , spain.

In two centuries, in four, or even in six, what has she done for Europe? It's like the American version of La leyenda negra , which was first published in The basic premise of the Black Legend is that Spaniards have shown themselves, historically, to be uniquely cruel, bigoted, tyrannical, obscurantists, lazy, fanatical, greedy, and treacherous; that is, that they differ so much from other peoples in these traits that Spaniards and Spanish history must be viewed and understood in terms not ordinarily used in describing and interpreting other people.

Philip W. Powell I'm very worried about the image people have of Spain and its Empire. It was the first global Empire and as such, it awoke envies and hate in the other great nations in Europe, who secretly longed for the same power Spain had. As they couldn't fight Spain in wars or strength, they used propaganda and twisted methods. The process was slow but effective: Italy, Germany and France were the beginners, but it had an extraordinary importance in Holland and England.

Jews and some spiteful Spanish themselves contributed to it. The French Illustration misused the Reason they boasted about and intensified the wrong beliefs. And a distortion as monstrous as possible, with the goal of achieving a specific aim: the moral disqualification of the nation, whose supremacy must be fought in every way possible.

It's not said in so many words but if Spaniards don't remain forgotten, they are the bad ones, and usually in such an unfavorable light it's difficult to fight against. When the Spanish Inquisition is famous for its cruelty and Lutero's pursues in Germany are forgotten. When the miscegenation in the Americas is hidden under all that presumed slavery all the other nations conveniently lacked. When the Spanish Golden Age surprisingly didn't exist due to all the repression Art and Science suffered.

When Spain is symbol of underdevelopment and intolerance at the same time many enlightened ones from other countries had to publish their books in Spanish lands. I would honestly say that there is something for everyone in this book. Fish in a Tree is very much a school story, focusing on the new teacher Mr.

Daniels and eight of his students. Like real classrooms, there is diversity in race, culture, socioeconomic status, intelligence levels, personality types, and family. The novel Hate List by Jennifer Brown is about a student named Valerie from Garvin High and her boyfriend, Nick, created a list of concepts, people, and ideas that they did not like.

The infamous Hate List was Valerie and Nick's own little secret, and included several other students from Garvin High. The Hate U Give study guide contains a biography of Angie Thomas, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

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