A social history of modern Spain / / Adrian Shubert

• Autore: Shubert Adrian <1953, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Boston : , : Unwin Hyman, , 1990
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0946
• Soggetto topico: Electronic books. -- local; Spain -- Economic conditions -- 19th century; Spain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Spain -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Spain -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Spain -- Social conditions; Social Conditions; Sociology & Social History; Social Sciences
• Soggetto geografico: Spain Social conditions 19th century; Spain Social conditions 20th century; Spain Economic conditions 19th century; Spain Economic conditions 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [284]-286) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Introduction; Spain and Europe: the Peculiarities of the Historians; The Book; 1 A Century of Dynamism; An Evolving Economy; Agriculture; The Textile Industry; Transportation; Mining; From Boom to Crisis, 1914-36; Men, Women and Children; Death; Birth; Marriage; Farmsteads and Families; The Home and Beyond; Migration; Urbanization; The Fear of Mobility; 2 The Land; The Creation of Private Property; Landowners; A New Agrarian Elite; The New Landowners; Galicia; Conclusion; Rural Social Relations; Absenteeism ; LatifundiaCredit and Usury; Social Conflict; Counter-revolution; Revolution; Quiet Protest; The Second Republic and the Challenge to Property; 3 Cities and Towns; Elites and White Collars; A New Urban Elite; The Officer Corps; The Middling Classes; Working Class Formation; The Abolition of the Guilds; Catalonia; Asturias; The Basque Provinces; Madrid; Organization; Working Class Experience; Work and Leisure; Childhood and Education; Family: Economics and Sentiment; Women; Religion; The Meaning of Labor Politics; 4 Identities; The Church, Religion and Belief; The Place of the Church ; The ClergyParish Life and Proselytism; The Mind of the Church; Belief and Disbelief; Changing Forms of Observance; Anticlericalism; The Quest for a Secular Society; The Limits of the State; The Liberal State; Law and Order; National Militia and Guardia Civil; Education and Language; Caciquismo; The Meaning of the Republic; Communities; Village Community; Protest; From Play to Leisure; Symbols; 5 The Franco Regime and After; A Belated Miracle; From Autarky to Liberalism; The Miracle; Agriculture; The Crisis; Men, Women and Children; Death; Birth and Birth Control; The Place of Women ; MigrationThe Land; The Crisis of the Smallholder; Latifundia; Cities and Towns; The Growth of the Working Class; The Growth of the Middle Class; The Church, Religion and Belief; Church and State; The Mind of the Church; Forms of Observance; The Clergy; New Currents; The Extension of the State; Centralization and Autonomy; The Maintenance of Order; The State and the People; The Consumer Society; The Degradation of Rural Life; The Rise of Consumerism; The Internationalization of Culture; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chronology; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>Insightful and accessible, A Social History of Modern Spain is the first comprehensive social history of modern Spain in any language. Adrian Shubert analyzes the social development of Spain since 1800. He explores the social conflicts at the root of the Spanish Civil War and how that war and the subsequent changes from democracy to Franco and back again have shaped the social relations of the country. Paying equal attention to the rural and urban worlds and respecting the great regional diversity within Spain, Shubert draws a sophisticated picture of a country struggling with the problems
• Titolo autorizzato: A social history of modern Spain
• ISBN: 1-134-87552-5; 1-138-13197-0; 0-203-42121-3; 1-134-87553-3; 1-280-06431-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777471403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social history of Europe.