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Britain's Informal Empire in Spain, 1830-1950 - Free Trade, Protectionism and Military Power (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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Britain's Informal Empire in Spain, 1830-1950 - Free Trade, Protectionism and Military Power (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Series: Britain and the World
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Based on five years of archival research, this book offers a
radical reinterpretation of Britain and Spain's relationship during
the growth, apogee and decline of the British Empire. It shows that
from the early nineteenth century Britain turned Spain into an
'informal' colony, using its economic and military dominance to
achieve its strategic and economic ends. Britain's free trade
campaign, which aimed to tear down the legal barriers to its
explosive trade and investment expansion, undermined Spain's
attempts to achieve industrial take-off, demonstrating that the
relationship between the two countries was imperial in nature, and
not simply one of unequal national power. Exploring five key
moments of crisis in their relations, from the First Carlist War in
the 1830s to the Second World War, the author analyses Britain's
use of military force in achieving its goals, and the consequences
that this had for economic and political policy-making in Spain.
Ultimately, the Anglo-Spanish relationship was an early example of
the interaction between industrial power and colonies, formal and
informal, that characterised the post-World War Two period. An
insightful read for anyone researching the British Empire and its
colonies, this book offers an innovative perspective by closely
examining the volatile relationship between two European powers.
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