Eric Solsten and Sandra W. Meditz, editors. Spain: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1988.

History
IBERIA
HISPANIA
AL ANDALUS
CASTILE AND ARAGON
THE GOLDEN AGE
Ferdinand and Isabella
Charles V and Philip II
Spain in Decline
BOURBON SPAIN
War of the Spanish Succession
The Enlightenment
The Napoleonic Era
THE LIBERAL ASCENDANCY
The Cadiz Cortes
Rule by Pronunciamiento
Liberal Rule
THE CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
The Cuban Disaster
The African War
REPUBLICAN SPAIN
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
THE FRANCO YEARS
Franco's Political System
Policies, Programs, and Growing Popular Unrest
Foreign Policy under Franco
THE POST-FRANCO ERA
Transition to Democracy
Disenchantment with UCD Leadership
Growth of the PSOE
Foreign Policy in the Post-Franco Period

Geography
External Boundaries and Landform Regions
Rivers
Climate

The Society
POPULATION
ETHNICITY AND LANGUAGE
Government Policies
The Catalans
The Galicians
The Basques
The Andalusians
The Gypsies
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
SOCIAL VALUES AND ATTITUDES
RELIGION
EDUCATION
Primary and Secondary Education
Higher Education
HEALTH AND WELFARE

The Economy
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY
The Franco Era, 1939-75
The Post-Franco Period, 1975-1980s
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
LABOR
Labor Relations in the Franco Era
Labor Relations in the Post-Franco Period
AGRICULTURE
Crops
Livestock
Forestry
Fishing
INDUSTRY
Industrial Development
Regional Concentration
National Industrial Institute
Manufacturing
Mining
ENERGY
Banking
Tourism
FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS

Government
CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM
The 1978 Constitution
Electoral System
The Cortes
King, Prime Minister, and Council of Ministers
The Judiciary
Regional Government
Local Government
Civil Service
POLITICS
Political Developments, 1982-88
Political Parties
Political Interest Groups
Media
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Spain and the European Community
Spain and NATO
Spain and the United States
Spain and Latin America
Gibraltar, Ceuta, and Melilla
Spain and the Middle East
Spain and the Soviet Union
Spain and France

Bibliography

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