Spain in pictures
By: Stacy Taus-Bolstad.
Series: Visual geography series; Visual geography series (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Spain -- Juvenile literature.; Spain -- Pictorial works.; Spain.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Pictorial works.
Other titles: Spain-- in pictures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-77) and index.
Rev. ed. of: Spain-- in pictures. c1997.
Table of contents: title: The land : topography, rivers, climate, flora and fauna, natural resources and environmental issues, cities; title: History and government : Romans and Visigoths, the Moors, Moorish defeat and its aftermath, united Spain, Habsburg rule, unrest in the early 1900s, civil war and Franco, emerging democracy, government; title: The people : ethnic identity, language, health, education; title: Cultural life : religion, holidays and festivals, food, literature, music, fine arts, architecture, sports and recreation; title: The economy : trade and tourism, manufacturing, agriculture, transportation and energy, the future.