The Spanish Economy: From the Civil War to the European Community

ISBN-13: 9780521557726 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 94 str.

Joseph Harrison; Maurice Kirby

Opis

This book presents a concise survey of the Spanish economy from the end of the Civil War of 1936-39 to the present. In it the author analyzes the transformation of Spain from a backward agrarian economy--committed by Franco and the country's military rulers to the impossible quest of self-sufficiency--to a modern, rapidly growing, outwardly oriented economy. Spain is now fully integrated into the international economy and, since January 1986, has been an active member of the European Community.

Recenzje

"...Mark Harrison has produced the most important work on teh Soviet World War II economy to date in any language, and that it is likely to remain the standard work for some time to come. The research is thorough, the analysis surefooted, and the scholarly judgments imposingly sound. ...Harrison has certainly left us with much better information about the wartime Soviet economy than anyone thought possible, and he has provided us with much food for thought, too. This book is not, therefore, just for economic historians, or merely for historians of World War II, it is an important book for anyone interested in the Soviet economic experiment and its ultimate failure." James R. Millar, Slavic Review

Spis treści

List of tables; Acknowledgements; Map of Spain; 1. Backwardness and progress, 1900–36; 2. An outline of economic development since the Civil War; 3. Demographic developments; 4. Agriculture; 5. Industry; 6. Energy; 7. The service sector; 8. Foreign trade; 9. The financial system; Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Index.