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The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

By Helen Graham

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2005
ISBN
9780192803771, 0192803778
LCC
DP269 .G6462 2005
Open Library ID
OL3300445M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3704640 bytes)
Series
Very Short Introductions
Pages
193\193
Topic
History
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

Amid the many catastrophes of the twentieth century, the Spanish Civil War continues to exert a particular fascination among history buffs and the lay-reader alike. This Very Short Intoduction integrates the political, social and cultural history of the Spanish Civil War. It sets out the domestic and international context of the war for a general readership. In addition to tracing the course of war, the book locates the war's origins in the cumulative social and cultural anxieties provoked by a process of rapid, uneven and accelerating modernism taking place all over Europe. This shared context is key to the continued sense of the war's importance. The book also examines the myriad of political polemics to which the war has given rise, as well as all of the latest historical debates. It assesses the impact of the war on Spain's transition to democracy and on the country's contemporary political culture.

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