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Informationen zum Autor Pamela Beth Radcliff is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of From Mobilization to Civil War: The Politics of Polarization in the Spanish City of Gijon, 1900-1937 (1996), Making Democratic Citizens in Spain: Civil Society and the Popular Origins of the Transition, 1960-1978 (2011)and co-editor of Constructing Spanish Womanhood: Female Identity in Modern Spain (1999). Klappentext Modern Spain: 1808 to the Present is a comprehensive overview of Spanish history from the Napoleonic era to the present day.* Places a large emphasis on Spain's place within broader European and global history* The chronological political narrative is enriched by separate chapters on long term economic, social and cultural developments* This presentation of modern Spanish history incorporates the latest thinking on key issues of modernity, social movements, nationalism, democratization and democracy Zusammenfassung Modern Spain: 1808 to the Present is a comprehensive overview of Spanish history from the Napoleonic era to the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps xi Preface xii Acknowledgments xvi Abbreviations and Glossary of Foreign Terms xviii Political Chronology of Spanish History, 1808-2016 xxii Part I: 1808-1868: The Era of the Liberal Revolution 1 1 Spain in the "Age of Revolutions" 3 Spain in Europe and the World, 1780s-1820 4 A Snapshot of the Economy: Gradual Growth 7 Uneven Regional Development: Center/Periphery Divide 10 The Mediterranean Regional Network 10 The North Atlantic Regional Network 11 Regional Networks of the Center 12 Demography: A Growth Pattern 14 Characteristics of the Population: Occupation and Social Structure 15 Culture and Community 18 Political Crisis, 1808-1814 20 Dynastic Crisis 20 War and Resistance 21 The Cortes of Cádiz and the Constitution of 1812 22 A Spanish "Constitutional Culture" 23 The End of the Revolutionary Era 25 Conclusion 26 2 Political Transformation: From the Old Regime to the Liberal State, 1814-1868 28 Introduction: The Liberal Revolution in Comparative Context 28 The Major Players 31 Moderate and Progressive Parties 31 The Military and Pronunciamientos 32 The Crown 32 Popular/Local Mobilization 33 Counter?]revolution: Carlists 33 The Catholic Church 34 Chronology: From the Restoration of Absolutism to the Construction and Crisis of the Liberal State, 1814-1868 35 1814-1833: The Restoration and Demise of the Absolutist State 35 Restoration of Absolutism, 1814-1820 35 The Liberal "Trienio," 1820-23 36 Return to Absolutism, 1823-34 38 1833-1845: The Construction of the Liberal State 39 The Carlist War 39 Moderate and Progressive Constitutions and Platforms 40 The Parameters of a Liberal Political, Juridical and Administrative Order, 1833-45 42 1845-1868: The Liberal State: From Consolidation to Crisis 44 Conclusion: Achievements and Limits of the Liberal Political Transformation 45 Part II: 1868-1923: The Emergence of Mass Politics 49 3 Politics on the Margins of the Liberal State: From 1848 to the "Sexenio" (1868-1874) 51 Introduction: Mid?]Nineteenth?]century Popular Politics in Comparative Perspective 51 The Major Players 54 Carlists 54 Cuban Separatists 55 Democrats and Republicans 56 The Labor Movement and the First International 58 The First Democracy: The Sexenio, 1868-1874 60 The September 1868 Revolution 60 The Democratic Monarchy (June 1869-February 1873) 61 The Republic (February 12, 1873-January 4, 1874) 63 Conclusion 6...
