Description
JOSEP TARRADELLAS. THE RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT (1977)
Book Summary
This volume from the collection dedicated to Josep Tarradellas focuses on the year 1977, a crucial moment for the return of the President of the Generalitat to Catalonia. Through official documents, correspondence, and an unpublished personal diary, the reader gains access to the negotiations and political intricacies that made his return from exile possible. A fundamental work for understanding the details of the Catalan and Spanish political transition from the perspective of its main protagonist.
What is it about?
The book reconstructs, day by day, Josep Tarradellas’s year 1977, from his exile to his triumphant return as President of the Generalitat. It analyzes the complex negotiations with Adolfo Suárez's government, the internal political tensions, and the alliances necessary to restore the institution. It includes documents of great historical value, such as the President's personal diary from June and July 1977, which offers an intimate view of his thoughts, and his impressions of his first visit to Adolfo Suárez, key to understanding the negotiation process.
Main themes
- Josep Tarradellas's return from exile and the restoration of the Generalitat.
- Political negotiations during the Spanish Transition.
- Institutional relations between the central government and the President of the Generalitat.
- Historical documentation: personal diary, letters, and official documents.
- Detailed chronicle of Catalan political life in 1977.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at historians, political scientists, and any reader interested in the contemporary history of Catalonia and Spain, especially the process of the Transition. It is also a reference work for those wishing to learn in depth about the figure of Josep Tarradellas and his determining role in the recovery of Catalan autonomy.
What this book provides
- Access to unpublished primary documentation, such as President Tarradellas's personal diary.
- Detailed understanding of the political negotiations that led to the restoration of the Generalitat.
- An intimate and personal vision of one of the key episodes of the Transition.
- Rigorous historical context with maps, a chronology, and an index of names to facilitate consultation.
Technical specifications
- Author: ENRIC PUJOL
- Publisher: Dau
- Language: Catalan
- Subject: BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL AND MILITARY, HISTORY
- Collection: TBD COLLECTION
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publication date: November 2016
- Number of pages: 504
- Weight: 1232 g
Editorial review
This is an essential reference work for the study of the Transition and the return of the Generalitat. The inclusion of first-hand documentary material, such as the personal diary, gives it exceptional historical value. The hardcover edition and the exhaustive critical apparatus (photographs, maps, chronology, and index of names) make it a solid volume and required reading for specialists and enthusiasts of contemporary political history.