Catalonia Since the Spanish Civil War : Reconstructing the Nation

ISBN-13: 9781845196646 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 272 str.

Andrew Dowling

Opis

"Catalonia Since the Spanish Civil War" examines the transformation of the Catalan nation in socioeconomic, political, and historical terms, and offers an innovative interpretation of the determinants of its nationalist mobilization. With Franco s and Spanish nationalism s victory in 1939, and the consolidation of a long-lasting dictatorship, it appeared certain that the Catalan national movement would be crushed. Yet, this did not happen and Catalan nationalism and identity reemerged at the end of Franco s dictatorship in 1975 more firmly rooted than before. The 21st century has been marked by an ever-growing independence movement, culminating in the vast demonstration in the city of Barcelona in July 2010. Andrew Dowling provides multifaceted viewpoints in historic perspective and reflects on possible steps and outcomes for this new pro-independence turn in Catalan nationalism. The themes treated in the book Franco s Spain, nationalism, anarchism, Catholicism, communism, and the Catalan role in Spain s transition to democracy make this work an essential point of reference for students and researchers in Hispanic studies, modern European history, and political science."