Time of Silence - Civil War and the Culture of Repression in Franco''s Spain, 1936-1945

Klappentext An account of the fierce repression and economic misery in wartime Spain 1936 45. Zusammenfassung This study attempts to show how the Spanish Civil War was understood and absorbed! particularly by those who could claim themselves as 'the victors'! taking as its main focus the fierce repression and violence of the period! and the role of Catholic and Fascist ideology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Context of Self-Sufficiency: 1. Civil War and self-sufficiency: the Francoist reconstruction of nation and state; 2. Purifying Spain (i): the elimination of dissent; 3. Purifying Spain (ii): degeneration and treatment; 4. The 'verticalisation' of Spain: the state and work; Part II. The Practice of Self-Sufficiency: 5. The politics and economics of autarky; 6. The wages of autarky (i): self-sufficiency and industry; 7. The wages of autarky (ii): the myth and reality of rural life; 8. Austerity and resistance; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Michael Richards, Michael (University of the West of Engla Richards, Michael P. Richards
• Assisted by: Paul Kennedy (Editor), Jay Winter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.04.2006
• EAN: 9780521025065
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02506-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cult
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries