A Concise History of Portugal

ISBN-13: 9781108424196 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 252 str.

David Birmingham

Opis

A third edition of this reliable and accessible single-volume history of Portugal, bringing the story up to date by addressing recent changes to Portugal and Europe.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Peoples, cultures and colonies; 2. Rebellion and independence in the seventeenth century; 3. The Golden Age and the earthquake in the eighteenth century; 4. Brazilian independence and the Portuguese Revolution; 5. The bourgeois monarchy and the republicans; 6. The dictatorship and the African empire; 7. Democracy and the European Community; Afterword: entering the twenty-first century.