Modernizing the nation Spain during the reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902-1931 /

This book is a new short history of Spain during a crucial period, the reign of Alfonso XIII (1902-1931). Traditionally, this has been seen as a time that epitomised the worst features of 'old Spain': a backward country, poor and chronically unequal, with a government dominated by a tiny o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Moreno Luzón, Javier (Author)
Outros autores: Rider, Nick (Translator), Villares, Ramón, 1951-
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Brighton : Sussex Academic Press 2016.
Series:Sussex studies in Spanish history.
Acceso en liña:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.4256605
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface by Series Editor,
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Regenerating the Fatherland
  • The Taking of the Oath
  • Taking the Battle to Clericalism
  • An Era 'Saturated with Pedagogy'
  • Protest and Reform
  • Nations in Contention
  • 2 Apogee of the Liberal Monarchy
  • Barcelona Burns
  • Revolution from Above
  • A National Monarchy
  • Conjunción and Confederation
  • Social Transitions
  • Cracks in the Turno
  • 3 War on Liberalism
  • Neutralities
  • Almost a Rich Country
  • Summer 1917
  • The Prospect of Bolshevism
  • The Reign of Christ in Spain
  • Soldiers against Civilians
  • 4 Dictatorship and Final Act
  • The Coup
  • Uprooting Caciquismo
  • The 'Happy Twenties'
  • Fatherland, Religion and Monarchy
  • An Impossible Regime
  • 'To serve no longer lords who turn into worms'
  • Bibliography
  • Index.