Contemporary Spain: A Handbook |
Christopher Ross ISBN: 0340762152 Sorry - no summary available. |
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Juan Carlos: Steering Spain from Dictatorship to Democracy |
Paul Preston ISBN: 0006386938 A powerful biography of Spain's great king, Juan Carlos, by the pre-eminent writer on 20th century Spanish history. There are two central mysteries in the life of Juan Carlos, one personal, the other political. How to explain the apparent serenity...(read more) |
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Spanish Politics Today |
John Gibbons ISBN: 0719049466 In comparison to many other areas of European political studies, contemporary Spain has received little attention. This text aims to fill this gap by describing and analyzing the institutions of government and, exploring the distinctive traits of its...(read more) |
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Speak the Culture: Spain : Be fluent in Spanish life and culture |
Andrew Whittaker ISBN: 1854186051 Spain is a complex country. Beyond the stereotypes of sangria and bullfighting lies a cultured mosaic of regions, languages and customs. "Speak the Culture: Spain" picks at the surface to uncover the key events, themes and people that have...(read more) |
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The British on the Costa Del Sol |
Karen O'Reilly ISBN: 1841420476 The 'British in Spain' achieved notoriety during the 1980s. As a group they were stereotyped as being made up of exiled criminals, drunken hooligans and inward looking pensioners - unwelcome colonisers reconstructing their own insular 'little England'....(read more) |
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern Spanish Culture |
David Thatcher Gies (Editor) ISBN: 0521574293 (Cambridge Companions to Culture) This book offers a comprehensive account of modern Spanish culture, tracing its dramatic and often unexpected development from its beginnings after the Revolution of 1868 to the present day. Specially-commissioned...(read more) |
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The New Spaniards |
John Hooper ISBN: 0141016094 This is a fully revised, expanded and updated edition of this masterly portrayal of contemporary Spain. The restoration of democracy in 1977 heralded a period of intense change that continues today. Spain has become a land of extraordinary paradoxes in...(read more) |
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Spanish |
Drew Launay ISBN: 1902825438 The character, values and foibles of the...(read more) |
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