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Informationen zum Autor Adrian Shubert is University Professor of History at York University, Toronto, Canada. He is the author of A Social History of Modern Spain, 1800-1990 (1990) and Death and Money in the Afternoon: A History of the Spanish Bullfight (2001) and the co-editor, along with José Alvarez Junco, of The History of Modern Spain (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017). His awards include a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a Killam Research Fellowship, and being named a Commander of the Order of Civil Merit by King Juan Carlos. José Álvarez Junco is Professor of History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. He is the author of Mater Dolorosa: La idea de España en el siglo XIX (2001), which won the National Essay Prize in 2002 and prizes from the Fastenrath Foundation and the Royal Academy of History in 2003. He is the co-editor, along with Adrian Shubert, of Spanish History since 1808 (2000). Klappentext The History of Modern Spain is a comprehensive examination of Spain's history from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day. Bringing together an impressive group of leading figures and emerging scholars in the field from the UK, Canada, the United States, Spain and other European countries, the book innovatively combines a strong and clear political narrative with chapters exploring a wide range of thematic topics, such as gender, family and sexuality, nations and nationalism, empire, environment, religion, migrations and Spain in world history. The volume includes a series of biographical sketches of influential Spaniards from intellectual, cultural, economic and political spheres which provides an interesting, alternative way into understanding the last 220 years of Spanish history. The History of Modern Spain also has a glossary, a chronology and a further reading list. This is essential reading for all students of the modern history of Spain. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Notes on Contributors Chronology Introduction (Jose Álvarez Junco, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain and Adrian Shubert, York University, Canada) Section I - Chronologies 2. The Crisis of the Old Regime: 1808-1833 (Gregorio Alonso, University of Leeds, UK) 3. The Time of Liberalism: 1833-1874 (Maria Sierra, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain) 4. The Restoration: 1874-1914 (Javier Moreno-Luzón , Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) 5. The Contested Quest for Modernization: 1914-1936 (Nigel Townson, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) 6. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (Angela Cenarro, University of Zaragoza, Spain) 7. The Franco Regime, 1939-1975 (Oscar Rodriguez Barreiro, University of Almería, Spain) 8. The Transition to Democracy and the Constitutional Monarchy, 1975-2016 (Pamela Radcliff, University of California San Diego, USA) Part II - Themes 9. The Economy (Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain) 10. Nations and Nationalism ( Xosé-Manoel Núñez Seixas , Ludwig Maxmillian University of Munich, Germany) 11. Gender (Aurora G. Morcillo, Florida International University, USA) 12. Ways of Life: Cities, Towns and Villages (Jesus Cruz, University of Delaware, USA) 13. Empire and Colonies (Stephen Jacobson, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain) 14. The Environment ( Josefina Gómez de la Mendoza , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) 15. Culture ( Rafael Núñez Florencio , Independent Scholar) 16. Intellectuals (Santos Juliá , UNED, Madrid, Spain) 17. Social Movements (Angeles Barrio Alonso, University of Cantabria, Spain) 18. Religion (Julio de la Cueva Merino, U...
