When Spain became a republic in 1931, it granted Catalonia semi-autonomous status. But during the Spanish Civil War, Catalonia backed the losing side, and in its aftermath the fascist general ...

Spain: A History. Oxford University Press, USA, $45 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-19-820619-4. Potent yet palatable, this history of Spain is remarkably seamless--especially considering that it traces the ...