Nineteenth century Spain deserves wider readership. Bedevilled by lost empires, wars, political instability and frustrated modernisation, the country appeared backward in relation to northern Europe and even in relation to much of its own geographical periphery. This new history, the first survey of its kind in English in more than a hundred years, offers a fresh perspective on this century, showing how and why elements of backwardness and modernity ran in parallel through Spain. Bounded by the military and imperial crises of 1808 and 1898, this study pays special attention to the experience of war on politics and society, and integrates the latest historical debates in its analysis.
| ISBN: | 9780815351061 |
| Publication date: | 25th June 2019 |
| Author: | Mark Lawrence |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 206 pages |
| Series: | Routledge/Cañada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain |
| Genres: |
Right-of-centre democratic ideologies Nationalism Colonialism and imperialism Social and political philosophy European history |