Spain
Spain has undergone significant transformations over the past three decades. In Spain: What Everyone Needs to KnowRG, veteran journalist William Chislett recounts the country's fascinating and often turbulent history, its present economic crisis, and talks about the road ahead for the nation.
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- Full title :Spain.
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Spain has undergone significant transformations over the past three decades. In Spain: What Everyone Needs to KnowRG, veteran journalist William Chislett recounts the country's fascinating and often turbulent history, its present economic crisis, and talks about the road ahead for the nation.
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- Publication Date:2013.
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (247 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199936441, 0199936447
- oclc:ocn948378340
- LC Classification:DP272.C47 2013
- Dewey Decimal:946
Table of Contents
Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; POLITICAL MAP OF SPAIN; Introduction; 1 Historical Background, 711-1939; What was the legacy of the Muslim presence between 711 and 1492?; How did Ferdinand and Isabella forge a united Spanish kingdom?; How did the Spanish Empire arise?; Who was Christopher Columbus?; Who were the conquistadors?; What was the Spanish Golden Age?; Why did Spain go into decline in the 17th century?; What did the Bourbon kings contribute to the modernization of Spain between 1700 and 1823?; What was the 1812 Constitution?
What were the Carlist wars between 1833 and 1876?Why was the First Spanish Republic (1873-1874) short lived?; What was the "Disaster" of 1898?; Why did Alfonso XIII go into exile in 1931?; What were the causes of the 1936-1939 Civil War?; Who was General Francisco Franco?; What were the ideological dimensions of the Civil War?; What role did foreign intervention play in the Civil War?; Why did the Republicans lose the Civil War?; 2 The Franco Regime, 1939-1975; What kind of dictatorship did General Franco establish after winning the 1936-1939 Civil War?
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