Christopher J Ross is a Lecturer at the Department of International Business Communication at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. He was previously Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

'a highly recommendable introductory book for the non-expert of Modern Spanish.'Bulletin of Spanish Studies 88:6

• 1. A liberal century? (1812-1898)2. Change frustrated (1898-1917)3. Change imposed (1917-1931)4. A troubled democracy (1931-1936)5. An unequal struggle (1936-1939)6. Back to the future (1939-1959)7. The bottle half-unocrked (1959-1975)8. A delicate operation (1975-1982)9. Back to the mainstream (1982-1993)10. Between regionalism and globalisation (1993-2004)11. A second transition? (2004-2008)

Christopher J Ross is a Lecturer at the Department of International Business Communication at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. He was previously Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

'a highly recommendable introductory book for the non-expert of Modern Spanish.'Bulletin of Spanish Studies 88:6

• 1. A liberal century? (1812-1898)2. Change frustrated (1898-1917)3. Change imposed (1917-1931)4. A troubled democracy (1931-1936)5. An unequal struggle (1936-1939)6. Back to the future (1939-1959)7. The bottle half-unocrked (1959-1975)8. A delicate operation (1975-1982)9. Back to the mainstream (1982-1993)10. Between regionalism and globalisation (1993-2004)11. A second transition? (2004-2008)