Twentieth-Century Spain : Politics and Society, 1898-1998

ISBN-13: 9780333636978 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 248 str.

Francisco J Romero-Salvado

Opis

Today, Spain is a modern society with an important profile in the European Union. This image contrasts strikingly with the reality of Spain just one hundred years ago. After the loss of almost all her overseas empire in 1898, Spain faced the new century handicapped by her international isolation, backward economy and a stagnant and elitist political system.
Twentieth-Century Spain tells the gripping story of this country's long and often painful struggle towards modernity. During this period, Spain has seen two monarchies, one republic, two dictatorships and one of the bloodiest civil wars in Europe's recent history.

Spis treści

List of Maps.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations.- Maps.- Introduction.- The Liberal Monarchy: The Politics of Notables, 1898-1923.- From Dictatorship to Republic, 1923-1931.- The Second Republic: A Brief Exercise of Democracy, 1931-1936.- A Modern Crusade: The Spanish Tragedy 1936-1939.- Franco, Regent for Life, 1939-1975.- The Triumph of Democracy, 1975.- Notes.- Index.

O autorze

F. J. ROMERO-SALVADO is Lecturer in Modern European History at London Guildhall University.