Catalan Nationalism - by Albert Balcells & Trans Jacqueline Hall (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This book, the first study of Catalan nationalism to appear in English, outlines the history of Catalonia, showing how the national and cultural identity of the region persisted despite persecution. This provides the necessary background for the analysis of the contemporary political and cultural situation in Catalonia in the wider context of the European Union.

From the Back Cover

This book, the first study of Catalan nationalism to appear in English, outlines the medieval and modern history of Catalonia, showing how the national and cultural identity of its people persisted despite persecution, and thus provides the background for the author's close analysis of the political and cultural situation in Catalonia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.