While the Civil War of 1936-39 dominated Spain's twentieth-century history, the country's fateful and bloody division into left and right had its roots in the events of the Napoleonic era. In Modern Spain: A Documentary History, the first broad-ranging collection in English of writings from this entire period, Jon Cowans presents 76 documents to trace the history of Spain as it struggled for political and social stability and justice through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Beginning with Napoleon's occupation of Spain in 1808, the selections include decrees of the liberal Cádiz Cortes of 1810-14, an 1841 plea for the revival of the Catalan culture and language, an 1873 anarchist manifesto, an 1892 argument for the education of women, a Basque nationalist's 1895 diatribe against Spaniards, José Ortega y Gasset's Invertebrate Spain, General Francisco Franco's 1936 manifesto and his 1940 letter to Hitler, the Spanish bishops' 1950 press release on immorality and indecency in the mass media, King Juan Carlos's speech on the attempted coup d'état of 1981, and a 1999 report by SOS Racismo on immigration and xenophobia in contemporary Spain.
Covering political, cultural, social, and economic history, Modern Spain: A Documentary History provides a valuable opportunity to explore the history of Spain through primary sources from the Second Republic, the Civil War, and the Franco dictatorship, as well as from the period of Spain's profound transformation following the ascension of King Juan Carlos in 1975.
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"These books will prove to be immediately useful to anyone interested in Spanish history and culture."—Virginia Quarterly Review
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Jon Cowans is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, Newark. He is the editor of the companion volume Early Modern Spain: A Documentary History, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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In 1807, Napoleon Bonaparte, leader of revolutionary France, was at war with Britain and other European countries, including Britain's longtime ally Portugal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, General Franco, Constituent Cortes, Catholic Church, Women's Section, Fernando Díaz-Plaja, Popular Front, Francisco Franco, Historia de España, Communist Party, George Orwell, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Miguel Angel, New York, Nuestro Cinema, Spanish Bishops, Atlantic Alliance, French Revolution, Alejandro Lerroux, Council of Ministers, Decrees of the Cádiz Cortes, European Union, Felipe González, Jesus Christ, Manuel Azaña New!
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In 1807, Napoleon Bonaparte, leader of revolutionary France, was at war with Britain and other European countries, including Britain's longtime ally Portugal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
religious thermometer, posguerra española, sus documentos, syndical organization, nueva serie, initial nucleus Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, General Franco, Constituent Cortes, Catholic Church, Women's Section, Fernando Díaz-Plaja, Popular Front, Francisco Franco, Historia de España, Communist Party, George Orwell, José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Miguel Angel, New York, Nuestro Cinema, Spanish Bishops, Atlantic Alliance, French Revolution, Alejandro Lerroux, Council of Ministers, Decrees of the Cádiz Cortes, European Union, Felipe González, Jesus Christ, Manuel Azaña New!
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- The Politics of Revenge: Fascism and the Military in Twentieth-Century Spain by Paul Preston in Back Matter
- The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution & Revenge (Rev. Ed.) by Paul Preston in Back Matter
- Franco a Biography by Paul Preston in Back Matter
- The Troubled Trinity: Godoy and the Spanish Monarchs by Douglas Hilt in Back Matter
- The Spanish Civil War by Sheelagh M. Ellwood in Back Matter
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- Male Delivery: Reproduction, Effeminacy, and Pregnant Men in Early Modern Spain by Sherry Velasco in Back Matter
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