Is Spain Different? - A Comparative Look at the 19th and 20th Centuries (Hardcover)

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: Jose Alvarez Junco (Universidad Complutense, Madrid); Maria Cruz Romeo (University of Valencia); Edward Malefakis (Columbia University, New York); and Pamela Radcliff (University of California, San Diego).

General

Imprint:	Sussex Academic Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Sussex Studies in Spanish History
Release date:	February 2015
First published:	July 2014
Editors:	Nigel Townson
Dimensions:	152 x 229 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-84519-359-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	1-84519-359-8
Barcode:	9781845193591

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