Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know
What happens in Spain, among the euro zone's largest economies, matters. Its high unemployment (over 26%), burgeoning public debt, and banking crisis will be formative for the zone's future. In Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know, a timely addition to Oxford's acclaimed What Everyone Needs to Know series, veteran journalist William Chislett provides much-needed political and historical context for Spain's current economic and political predicament. Chislett recounts the country's fascinating and…
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What happens in Spain, among the euro zone's largest economies, matters. Its high unemployment (over 26%), burgeoning public debt, and banking crisis will be formative for the zone's future. In Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know, a timely addition to Oxford's acclaimed What Everyone Needs to Know series, veteran journalist William Chislett provides much-needed political and historical context for Spain's current economic and political predicament. Chislett recounts the country's fascinating and often turbulent history, beginning with the Muslim conquest in 711 and ending with the nation's deep.
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- Publication Date:2013.
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press, USA
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (337 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199344253, 0199344256
- oclc:ocn854973518
- LC Classification:DP272
- Dewey Decimal:946
Table of Contents
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; 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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