Is Spain Different? | A Comparative Look at the 19th and 20th Centuries

Nigel Townson

ISBN 10: 1837644055 / ISBN 13: 9781837644056

Published by Liverpool University Press, 2023

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Is Spain Different? | A Comparative Look at the 19th and 20th Centuries | Nigel Townson | Taschenbuch | Liverpool Studies in Spanish History | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2023 | Liverpool University Press | EAN 9781837644056 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Is Spain Different? | A Comparative Look at the 19th and 20th Centuries
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1837644055
• ISBN 13: 9781837644056
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 157W x 234H x 15D millimeters 157 millimeters width by 234 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 312 grams
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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).

About the Author

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.