For those of you who may be interested in the USA perspective on Spain, its’ history, etc. (circa 1988), please see the Library of Congress site;
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/estoc.html

Please comment on your perceptions.

Sol

I read just a few of the pages (there are a lot!), mostly on society. Nothing was surprising, but I think it's important to realize that this information was written over 12 years ago, and is not up to date. Health care, for example, has improved since then. Beware of the old statistics if you want to know what Spain is like now.