Physical Description:xvi, 261 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. print
Edition:1st American ed.
Publisher:Northampton MA : Interlink Books, 2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Wrestling with bulls -- 561 by 218 : small space, big contrasts -- Leading medieval Europe out of the Mediterranean : the Age of Discovery -- Echoes of empire : the Portuguese-speaking world -- In whom do we trust? : Spain, England, and Portugal's destiny -- A broken homeland : Portugal's long decline and fall -- A dictator's walled garden : the Salazar years -- A very Portuguese coup : the Carnation Revolution -- The good times roll : Europe and the boom -- Gentle anarchists : Portugal's peaceful disorder -- Sweet sorrow : Fado music and the soul of Portugal -- Slow-food nation : the importance of eating well -- That sinking feeling : old problems, new crisis -- New horizons : confronting the twenty-first century.
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