From the Book - Regular Print - First American edition.
Chapter 1 561 by 218: Small Space, Big Contrasts 1 --
Spontaneous Generosity 5 --
Capital and Countryside 9 --
Chapter 2 Leading Medieval Europe Out of the Mediterranean: The Age of Discovery 25 --
A Well-Armed Baker: Portuguese Origins 30 --
Chapter 3 Echoes of Empire: The Portuguese-Speaking World 49 --
"A Silent Presence" 52 --
Dictator's Doctrine 62 --
Chapter 4 In Whom Do We Trust?: Spain, England, and Portugal's Destiny 73 --
Chapter 5 A Broken Homeland: Portugal's Long Decline and Fall 95 --
Earthquake and Invasion 103 --
Chapter 6 A Dictator's Walled Garden: The Salazar Years 111 --
God, Homeland, Family 122 --
Foreign Complicity 128; --
Chapter 7 A Very Portuguese Coup: The Carnation Revolution 141 --
"A New Portugal: Extremely Fragile" 148 --
Chapter 8 Good Times Roll: Europe and the Boom 167 --
Chapter 9 Gentle Anarchists: Portugal's Peaceful Disorder 183 --
Rebels without a Cause 190 --
ze Povinho: Idiosyncrasy Personified 195 --
Chapter 10 Sweet Sorrow: Fa do Music and the Soul of Portugal 199 --
Sentimental Nature 203 --
Tunes from the Docks 207 --
Chapter 11 Slow-Food Nation: The Importance of Eating Well 213 --
Jewish Sausage and Convent Desserts 220 --
Wine and Firewater 224 --
Chapter 12 That Sinking Feeling: Old Problems, New Crisis 227 --
A Negative Miracle 238 --
Chapter 13 New Horizons: Confronting the Twenty-First Century 241 --
Breaking the Moulcl 246 --