The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Graham, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192803778 ISBN 13: 9780192803771

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Amid the many catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination among history buffs and the lay reader alike. This Very Short Introduction integrates the political, social and cultural history of the Spanish Civil War. It sets out the domestic and international context of the war for a general readership. In addition to tracing the course of war, the book locates the war's origins in the cumulative social and cultural anxieties provoked by a process of rapid, uneven and accelerating modernism taking place all over Europe. This shared context is key to the continued sense of the war's importance. The book also examines the myriad of political polemics to which the war has given rise, as well as all of the latest historical debates. It assesses the impact of the war on Spain's transition to democracy and on the country's contemporary political culture.

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About this title

About the Author

Helen Graham is Reader in History at Royal Holloway, University of London and the author of The Spanish Republic at War 1936-1939.

Review

`This is far and away the best short introduction to the Spanish Civil War that I have read in any language.'
Professor Paul Preston, European Institute, London School of Economics

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0192803778
• ISBN 13: 9780192803771
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192