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Out of the shadows : Portugal from revolution to the present day / Neill Lochery.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lochery, Neill, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Portugal--History--1974-.
- Portugal.
- History.
- Portugal--Economic conditions--1974-.
- Economic conditions.
- Portugal--Politics and government--1974-.
- Politics and government.
- Portugal--Foreign relations.
- International relations.
- Portugal--Social conditions--20th century.
- Social conditions.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Economic history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Continuum, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Beginning with Portugal's Carnation Revolution in April 1974 and charting the country's emergence from the Estudo Novo dictatorship (in power since 1933); the new period of democracy; Portugal's time as holders of the Presidency of the European Union and the economic crisis that hit the country in 2010, [this book] is an account of Portugal in the closing decades of the twentieth century and the start of the twenty-first."--Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Children of the Revolution 1
- 1 Revolution 3
- 2 Wish You Were Here 13
- 3 SOS 21
- 4 In the City 31
- Part 2 Safe European Home 41
- 5 Trans-Europe Express 43
- 6 Picture This 53
- 7 London Calling 63
- 8 The Eternal 73
- Part 3 Mad World 85
- 9 Ghost Town 87
- 10 This is the Day 97
- 11 What Difference Does It Make? 107
- 12 Road to Nowhere 119
- Part 4 Absolute Beginners 129
- 13 Holding Back the Years 131
- 14 With or Without You 141
- 15 All around the World 151
- Part 5 Fields of Gold 161
- 16 Wicked Game 163
- 17 Under the Bridge 173
- 18 Fake Plastic Trees 183
- 19 Don't Look Back In Anger 193
- Part 6 No Surprises 203
- 20 Overload 205
- 21 Hurt 215
- 22 Fix You 225
- 23 Chasing Cars 235
- Part 7 Cruel World 245
- 24 Hometown Glory 247
- 25 Love The Way You Lie 257
- 26 Blame 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472934208
- 1472934202
- OCLC:
- 957021147
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