What Catalans Want

What Catalans Want

â€œWhat Catalans Wantâ€ is a gorgeous full-color collection of interviews in English by Toni Strubell accompanied by striking photographs by LluÃs Brunet, with a poignant prologue by Irish novelist Colm TÃ³ibÃn. The book takes a close look at Catalonia at a time when the country's political future as a Spanish autonomous region is being seriously questioned for the first time since it came into being in 1980.

â€œWhat Catalans Wantâ€ contains interviews of more than 30 representative Catalan personalities in various key areas of public life. The book's aim is to discover why so many Catalans feel as uncomfortable about continuing to form part of Spain as they feel enthused about being full independent members of the European Union. Could the Catalan questionâ€”fanned by ongoing Spanish political, economic, and cultural oppressionâ€”be welling up into a political issue on the same order as Scotland's?

The book delves into this essential question by concentrating on what matters most: the opinion of those affected, from the presidents of Catalonia and FC Barcelona, professors of economics and communications, business professionals and community leaders, writers, journalists, and historians, and many more. This book appears at a time when the current crisis has destroyed the country's traditional image as an â€œoasisâ€ of satisfaction, enjoying what was seen as an â€œampleâ€ margin of autonomy and economic welfare. Instead, independent polls now reveal that more than 40% of Catalans would vote in favor of an independent Catalan state, in large part for economic reasons. The book also explores the recent unofficial independentist polls that were held in over 500 municipalities in which over 90% of the participants voted for independence.

Why have things come to a head? And why do most foreign tourists visiting the country have so little idea what is going on? â€œWhat Catalans Wantâ€ aims to answer the first question while obviating the need for the second.

Catalonia Press has published both full color (978-1-61150-009-7) and black and white (978-1-61150-011-0) editions of â€œWhat Catalans Wantâ€, as well as EPUB (978-1-61150-012-7) and Kindle (978-1-61150-013-4) electronic editions of the book. For more information or press packages, see http://www.cataloniapress.com or contact Liz Castro at info@cookwood.com
Country USA
Manufacturer Catalonia Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-07-16
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Catalonia Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-07-16
Format	Kindle eBook

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