Required readings_
Robert Hughes 1993. Barcelona . New York: First Vintage Books Edition
Class Reader (a selection from the list of recommended readings)

Recommended Readings_
AINAUD, Josep Maria et ali. 1996, Barcelona contemporánea - Contemporary Barcelona, Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporánea.
AMELANG James S. et ali. 1992 Twelve walks through Barcelona's past Guidebook Barcelona : Ajuntament de Barcelona
CASTELLS, Manuel i Jordi Borja, 2000, Local and global . New York: Blackwell
CIRICI I PELLICER, Alexandre 1992, Barcelona step by step, Barcelona : Teide, 5ª edición.
FERNANDEZ ARMESTO Felipe 1992 Barcelona. A thousand Years of the City's Past Oxford: Oxford University Press
GALERA, Montserrat i altres 1986 Atlas de Barcelona. Siglos XVI-XX , Barcelona, Publicaciones del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Cataluña y Baaleares.
LALAGUNA Juan 1994 A traveller´s history of Spain . New York: Interlink Books
McNEILL, Donald 1999, Urban Change and the European Left Tales from the new Barcelona , London, Routledge- SCHEWEID, Richard 1994, Barcelona. Jews, Transvestites, and an Olympic Season, Berkeley, Berkeley Univer-sity Press.
SCOBIE H.M. 1998 The Spanish Economy in the 1990s London: Routledge
SOBRER Josep Miquel ed. Catalonia a self portrair Bloomington. Indiana University Press
TAMAMES Ramón 1985 The Spanish Economy. An Introduction London: C.Hurst and Company
HELEN GRAHAM AND JO LABANYI eds. 1995 Spanish Cultural Studies Oxford, UK.: Oxford University Press
TOIBIN, Colm, 1990 Homage to Barcelona , London, Simon & Schuster. VAZQUEZ MONTALBÁN, 1987, Barcelonas , Barcelona, Empúries.