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In his important new study, David Ringrose reexamines the history of Spain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He challenges the conventional ways of framing that history, questions the importance of the empire for peninsular Spain, and suggests that some of the seemingly dramatic modernization of the nineteenth century was already under way in the eighteenth. In addition, the emergence of a governing elite is placed in the context of family and patronage networks. This challenging book will change our understanding of the history of modern Spain.
David Ringrose here re-examines the history of Spain in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He challenges the pessimism of
prevailing assumptions about Spanish history, and its conventional
separation into pre- and post-Napoleonic eras. Spain, Europe, and
the 'Spanish Miracle', 1700-1900 also questions the importance of
the empire for Spain's own economy, suggesting instead that Spain
evolved as part of Europe; indeed, some of the recently documented
modernisation of the nineteenth century was already well under way
in the eighteenth. In addition, the emergence of a governing elite
closely tied to provincial society is placed in the context of
traditional networks of patronage based upon close-knit family
ties. Such a perspective makes the transitions of the 1930s and
1970s easier to explain. This important and challenging book will
change our understanding of the history of modern Spain.
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