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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781835103321

Autore

Vincent Mary

Titolo

Spain 1833-2002 : people and state / / Mary Vincent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-383-03218-1

0-19-160701-0

1-281-16044-X

9786611160449

0-19-152491-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages, 10 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

946/.07

Soggetti

Spain History 20th century

Spain History 19th century

Spain History 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-271) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The long search for legitimacy -- Setting up the state, 1833-75 -- Imagining the nation, 1875-98 -- Nationalizing the masses, 1898-1931 -- Picture essay : looking Spanish -- Fighting for Spain, 1931-43 -- Governing Spaniards, 1943-73 -- Joining Europe, 1973-2002 -- Escaping the past.

Sommario/riassunto

A lively and concise introduction to the politics and national life of Spain in the 19th and 20th centuries, covering both cultural and political history and exploring the complicated questions of citizenship and national identity that characterized Spain's political life even into the 1970's. - ;This book provides a cultural history of Spanish politics from the civil war of 1833 to the Spanish adoption of the Euro in 2002, a period dominated for the most part by violent military interventions in the political process, a succession of weak, unstable, but repressive governments, and the ever...