Dr Sian Edwards lectures in the Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Wales, Swansea, and is the author of Catalonia: The Concise History, a title in the Histories of Europe series due to be published in 2006 by the University of Wales Press.

'... it can easily be used as a core text in a variety of university courses ... written in a cloudless, fine, pleasant way [and] students in Spanish and European politics courses will certainly enjoy it ... students in nationalism may also find it beneficial ...' Daniele Conversi, author of The Basques, the Catalans and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilisation

Dr Sian Edwards lectures in the Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Wales, Swansea, and is the author of Catalonia: The Concise History, a title in the Histories of Europe series due to be published in 2006 by the University of Wales Press.

'... it can easily be used as a core text in a variety of university courses ... written in a cloudless, fine, pleasant way [and] students in Spanish and European politics courses will certainly enjoy it ... students in nationalism may also find it beneficial ...' Daniele Conversi, author of The Basques, the Catalans and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilisation

Dr Sian Edwards lectures in the Department of Hispanic Studies, University of Wales, Swansea, and is the author of Catalonia: The Concise History, a title in the Histories of Europe series due to be published in 2006 by the University of Wales Press.

'... it can easily be used as a core text in a variety of university courses ... written in a cloudless, fine, pleasant way [and] students in Spanish and European politics courses will certainly enjoy it ... students in nationalism may also find it beneficial ...' Daniele Conversi, author of The Basques, the Catalans and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilisation