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Students will discover the architectural and sociological heritage which the British left behind in Huelva.
Jul 7, 2014 - 2:05 PM
The British legacy in Huelva is under study in University of Huelva this summer
Students will discover the architectural and sociological heritage which the British left behind in Huelva.
Jul 7, 2014 - 2:05 PM
Emilio Romero Macías, teacher and investigator at Huelva University, is the director of the summer course, ‘The British Legacy in Huelva during the 19th and 20th Centuries’ which will be held in the La Rábida campus between July 14 and 18.
The investigator has discovered totally opposite accounts of the British in Huelva, but what is mentioned in common, is the wealth they brought, and the series of improvements they made, which otherwise would have taken a long time to develop.
With exploitation of the mines, came foreign capital, at a time when the Spanish debt was so great no other option was possible. But the British being British, they implanted their culture, their way of being and their way of life, giving rise to certain ‘secrecy’ in their companies, for example how did they obtain their orders, or where will they invest capital?
Romero Macías, said once the mines were in operation, it was an industrial revolution. ‘We have to look at the good and the bad independently, into all the British brought us and what they left us’.
Advances can be confirmed in medicine, hospitals, and the teaching of sports right across the province.
‘The presence of the British (English and Scottish mostly) brought praise to our province, but what if they had gone instead to Huelva City? Would things be the same? It a doubt I can put forward’.
The course is open to any student with an interest in the history of Huelva, with the railway, McKay and McDonald clinic, the Casa Colón and the football team, Recreativo de Huelva.
‘We will also talk about the historians and investigators, such as Jesús Ramírez Copeiro, who has investigated deeply into the British presence in Valverde del Camino and Huelva, and we are excited to invite a member of Dr McKay’s family.
British Housing in Huelva
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The investigator has discovered totally opposite accounts of the British in Huelva, but what is mentioned in common, is the wealth they brought, and the series of improvements they made, which otherwise would have taken a long time to develop.
With exploitation of the mines, came foreign capital, at a time when the Spanish debt was so great no other option was possible. But the British being British, they implanted their culture, their way of being and their way of life, giving rise to certain ‘secrecy’ in their companies, for example how did they obtain their orders, or where will they invest capital?
Romero Macías, said once the mines were in operation, it was an industrial revolution. ‘We have to look at the good and the bad independently, into all the British brought us and what they left us’.
Advances can be confirmed in medicine, hospitals, and the teaching of sports right across the province.
‘The presence of the British (English and Scottish mostly) brought praise to our province, but what if they had gone instead to Huelva City? Would things be the same? It a doubt I can put forward’.
The course is open to any student with an interest in the history of Huelva, with the railway, McKay and McDonald clinic, the Casa Colón and the football team, Recreativo de Huelva.
‘We will also talk about the historians and investigators, such as Jesús Ramírez Copeiro, who has investigated deeply into the British presence in Valverde del Camino and Huelva, and we are excited to invite a member of Dr McKay’s family.
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