A Concise History of Portugal
A concise, illustrated history of Portugal, offering an introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and its search for economic modernisation right up till the present day. This third edition encapsulates recent changes to Portugal and Europe to bring the story up to date.
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A Concise History of Portugal
A concise, illustrated history of Portugal, offering an introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and its search for economic modernisation right up till the present day. This third edition encapsulates recent changes to Portugal and Europe to bring the story up to date.
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A Concise History of Portugal

A Concise History of Portugal

by David Birmingham
A Concise History of Portugal

A Concise History of Portugal

by David Birmingham

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A concise, illustrated history of Portugal, offering an introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and its search for economic modernisation right up till the present day. This third edition encapsulates recent changes to Portugal and Europe to bring the story up to date.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108335898
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 04/12/2018
Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

David Birmingham is Emeritus Professor of Modern History in the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Table of Contents

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.
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