A concise history of Portugal /

Birmingham, David.

A concise history of Portugal / David Birmingham. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - xiii, 225 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Cambridge Concise Histories .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-214) and index.

Introduction--- Peoples, cultures and colonies--- Rebelion and independence in the seventeenth century--- The golden age and the earthquake in the eighteenth century--- Brazilian independence and the Portuguese revolution--- The bourgeois monarchy and the republicans--- The dictatorship and the African empire--- Democracy and the european community.

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