Portugal and Spain / edited by Michael Ray.
Material type: TextSeries: The Britannica guide to countries of the European UnionPublisher: New York, NY : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2014Description: xix, 322 : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 pages cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1615309675 (library binding)
- 9781615309672 (library binding)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 914.6 P853 | Available | 33111007506021 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
As neighbors and early rival nations, Portugal and Spain have been associated for much of their histories. Yet despite their geographic proximity on the Iberian Peninsula and shared past, each boasts distinct social, cultural, and economic identities. Readers will examine the evolution of each country, witnessing the rise of their earliest civilizations, their dramatic rivalry during the Age of Discovery, their days as empire-builders, their struggles through authoritarian regimes, and their emergence as independent nations and members of the European Union.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-313) and index.
Portugal: the land and its people -- The Portuguese economy -- Portuguese government and society -- Portuguese cultural life -- Portugal: Ancient time to 1640 -- Independent Portugal: from the rise of the Bragança dynasty to the 21st century -- Spain: the land and its people -- The Spanish economy -- Spanish government and society -- Spanish cultural life -- Spain: prehistory through the Visigoths -- Christian Spain: from the Muslim invasion to about 1479 -- Muslim Spain -- United Spain under the Catholic monarchs - Spain under the Habsburgs -- Spain: from Bourbon rule to the second republic -- Spain: from the second republic to the beginning of the 21st century.