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Zusatztext Chislett condenses [Spain's] difficult story in 200 tight pages without a single drop of hearsay or meanness: not only a record, but a declaration of love to a country and a job. Informationen zum Autor William Chislett is a journalist based in Madrid. He covered Spain's transition to democracy (1975-78) for The Times of London and was later the Mexico correspondent for the Financial Times (1978-84). He writes about Spain for the Elcano Royal Institute, which has published three books of his on the country, and he has a weekly column in the online newspaper El Imparcial. Klappentext Spain has undergone significant transformations over the past three decades. In Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know! 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. Chislett condenses [Spain's] difficult story in 200 tight pages without a single drop of hearsay or meanness: not only a record, but a declaration of love to a country and a job. Juan Cruz, El Pais, Zusammenfassung Spain has undergone significant transformations over the past three decades. In Spain: What Everyone Needs to Know, 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; POLITICAL MAP OF SPAIN; INTRODUCTION; 1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND : 711-1939; 2 THE FRANCO REGIME: 1939-75; 3 THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY: 1975-82; 4 THE SOCIALIST ERA: 1982-96; 5 THE RETURN OF THE RIGHT: 1996-2004; 6 THE SOCIALISTS STRIKE BACK: 2004-11; 7 WHAT LIES AHEAD?; RESULTS OF GENERAL ELECTIONS! 1977-2011; NOTES; SELECTED SUGGESTED READINGS IN ENGLISH; INDEX
