The transformation of Spain: from Franco to the constitutional monarchyDescribes Spain's social and economic changes under Franco's forty-year rule, explains the role of King Juan Carlos in assisting the transition from dictatorship to democracy, and looks at reaction to the change |
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Contents
In Search of Franquismo | 3 |
The Structure of the Dictatorship | 19 |
NonPolitical Revolutions 195975 | 34 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The transformation of Spain: from Franco to the constitutional monarchy |
| Author | David Gilmour |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Quartet Books, 1985 |
| ISBN | 070432461X, 9780704324619 |
| Length | 322 pages |
| Subjects | › › 1939-1975 1975 Biography & Autobiography / Political History History / Europe / Spain & Portugal History / United States / General Political Science / General Spain Spain History 1939-1975 Spain History 1975 |
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