Culture and Customs of Spain (Culture and Customs of Europe)
Publisher: Greenwood Press; Greenwood Publishing Group
Published: April 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780313314636
Subjects: European studies; Social & cultural anthropology; History; History - General History; History: World; Anthropology - Cultural; Customs & Traditions; Europe - Spain & Portugal; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; 20th century; Civilization; Popular culture; Spain
First sentence: At the beginning of the new millennium, Spain is a country with almost forty million people and a stable democratic government.
Description: "Modern Spain is described in this overview of its variety of landscape, people, and culture. Included are chapters on religion, customs, media, cinema, literature, performing arts, and visual arts, as well as a context chapter. Students of Spanish as well as general audiences will be rewarded with engrossing insights into what writer Ernest Hemingway called "the very best country of all"."--BOOK JACKET.