Is Spain Different?: A Comparative Look at the 19th and 20th Centuries - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1845193598 ISBN 13 : 9781845193591

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2015

Synopsis

The slogan that launched the tourist industry in the 1960s, Spain is different, has come to haunt historians. Much effort and energy have been expended ever since in endeavouring to show that Spain has not been different, but normal. Still, many of the defining features of the country's past -- the civil wars, the weak liberalism, the Franco dictatorship -- are taken as evidence of its distinctiveness. A related problem is that few historians have actually placed Spain's trajectory over the last two centuries within a truly comparative context. This book does so by tackling a number of key themes in modern Spanish history: liberalism, nationalism, anticlericalism, the Second Republic, the Franco dictatorship and the transition to democracy. Is Spain Different? thereby offers a fresh and stimulating perspective on Spain's recent past that is not only of interest to students of Spanish and European history alike, but also sheds new light on the current political debates regarding Spain's place in the world. Contributors to this volume include: José Álvarez Junco (Universidad Complutense, Madrid); María Cruz Romeo (University of Valencia); Edward Malefakis (Columbia University, New York); and Pamela Radcliff (University of California, San Diego).

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nigel Townson specializes in the History of Spain in the 20th century, especially in the Second Republic and the Franco dictatorship. He is the author of Is Spain Different?, The Crisis of Democracy in Spain, and The Penguin History of Modern Spain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845193598
• ISBN 13: 9781845193591
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Townson Nigel
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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