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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798997603321

Autore

Martínez del Campo Luis G. <1982->

Titolo

Cultural diplomacy : a hundred years of history of the British-Spanish Society / / Luis G. Martínez del Campo [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-78694-526-6

1-78138-436-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Liverpool scholarship online

Disciplina

327.41046

Soggetti

Great Britain Relations Spain

Spain Relations Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Britain and Spain led the two greatest Empires of the modern era, with perhaps the most important legacy that their two languages are amongst most widely spoken in the modern world. Yet the relationship between these two cultural giants has not always been straightforward.  The founding of the British-Spanish Society has its origins in 1916 as the Anglo-Spanish League of Friendship which was founded during the First World War by a group of British academics, students and businessmen. It was a means of reaching out in social, cultural and trade friendship with their Spanish counterparts at a time when Spain's official neutrality seemed to be edging closer towards Germany. Subsequently known as the Anglo-Spanish Society, and finally the British-Spanish Society, its members continued to promote these objectives after that particular war had come to an end.  Much has changed since then, with an ever-shifting political and diplomatic environment affecting the relations between Britain and Spain, but throughout this the core values of the Society have remained constant.This fascinating book tells the story of an organisation at the heart of the relationship between two of Europe's major powers, it will be compulsory reading for those interested in the process of 'soft diplomacy' but above all for those interested in the relationship



between Spain and Britain.