Books in the Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain series

Focusing on the processes of political socialisation and democratisation that took place in Spain during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book brings together specialists who propose the need to rethink the contemporary history of democracy in Spain to build a new narrative.

This study investigates the conceptual contributions made by Spanish MPs in the course of the constitutional debate of 1931 by assuming, as a research approach, an interdisciplinary stance combining conceptual history, political theory, and parliamentary constitutional history.

Bringing together the work of top specialists and emerging scholars in the field, this volume is the first book-length study of the rapport between liberalism and the Spanish monarchy over the long nineteenth century in any language. This collection should appeal to academics, researchers and anyone interested in modern European history.

Using forty-five interviews with former members and sympathisers, this book traces the development of the Women's section of the France government from its roots in the Spanish fascist party to its role in the dictatorship up to 1959.

Bringing together the work of top specialists and emerging scholars in the field, this volume is the first book-length study of the rapport between liberalism and the Spanish monarchy over the long nineteenth century in any language. This collection should appeal to academics, researchers and anyone interested in modern European history.

Examines the differences in medical advances on the two sides of the Spanish Civil War. Covering various aspects of medical treatment during the war, this work is suitable for scholars involved with medical history, as well as those interested in contemporary European history.

Through oral and written narratives, this volume examines the interaction between women and the war in Spain, their motivation, the distinctive form of their involvment, and the effect of the war on their individual lives. These themes are related to wider issues.

In contrast to recent revisionist interpretations, this work stresses the crucial importance of the war experience itself, rather than political ideology, in the understanding of the volunteers's role and experiences within the Spanish war.

Spain 1914-1918 explores a crucial episode in the history of Spain and of Europe. Romero offers insightful analysis of a society in transition from tradition to modernity, and from oligarchy to mass politics.

The Spanish Civil War became the setting for the struggle between revolution and counter-revolution. This book is a synthesis of political, social and cultural history concerning the anarchist revolution during the Spanish Civil War.

Written by one of the most celebrated historians of the Spanish Civil War, this book acts as both an outstanding introduction to the vast literature of the war, and a monumental contribution to that literature.

This work offers a socio-political analysis of Catalan nationalism during the Francoist regime (1939-1975) and the Spanish transition to democracy.

Exploring mass complicity in the trials of hundreds of thousands of defeated Republicans following the end of the Spanish Civil War, this book probes local Francoists' accusations whereby victims were selected for prosecution in military courts.

This important work focuses on the experience of the large Spanish contingent within the Mauthausen concentration camp, one of the least known but most terrible in Nazi Germany. An outstanding contribution to the literature of the Holocaust.

Analyzes the decay of Liberal politics in Spain as the regional version of the general crisis that engulfed most of Europe between 1916 and 1923. This book examines Spain's "crisis of modernization", a process marked by complex social and political realignments through which the nature of civil society was profoundly altered.

Chronicles the role of the Church in Spanish politics, looking at the Spanish Civil War. This book looks beyond the traditional explanation that the war was primarily a religious struggle. It presents an "insider's" perspective, and is notable for its balance and perception on the role of the Catholic Church before, during and after the War.

Offers a genealogy of radical Basque nationalism and the means by which this complex, often violent, political movement has reinforced Basque identity. This book examines the origins of the ethno-nationalist conflict and provides a comprehensive examination of Euskadi Ta Askatusana's (ETA) violent campaign.

'The Politics of Contemporary Spain' charts the trajectory of Spanish politics since the transition to democracy through to the present day, including the aftermath of the Madrid bombings.

This book investigates urban conflict, popular protest and social control in Barcelona during the period 1898-1937.

Bringing the work of Spanish historians to the English-speaking world, this book offers public testimony to the enormous strides made in recent years by Spanish professional scholars in shaking off the reluctance to confront the past that marked the transition to democracy after Francös death in 1975. It brings together some of the leading experts on the violence of the Spanish Civil War to showcase their latest research, providing a broad overview of the institutional repression and its consequences, while offering up new interpretations and perspectives. The contributors challenge a number of myths fostered by the Franco regime, and kept in place by years of silence.

This book analyzes the social history of Barcelona in the twentieth century, covering themes and ideas largely ignored in the political and nationalist orientation of previous literature.

Evaluating the paradigmatic view of the Spanish transition as an ideal model for political and social change, this title appraises the movement towards a democratic Spain from a variety of important perspectives including the selection of an electoral system, the role of the church, and the effect of the European Community.

As one of Europe's great industrial and revolutionary centres Barcelona has been in need of a detailed social and cultural history, yet there is actually a paucity of detailed research. This book seeks to redresses the balance.

Taking the defeat in the Spanish-American war of 1898 as a starting point, this text examines the international context to, and influences on, Spanish history and politics up to the present day.

A study that deals with an important aspect of Spanish and British history - Churchill's policy of appeasement toward the Franco regime in Spain.