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Zusatztext 'Romero Salvado! author of two studies and numerous articles on Spain in the 20th century! provides a remarkable political narrative of this period! drawing upon extraordinary research. Utilizing correspondence and newspapers! he captures the daily flow of events and probes the motives of king and politicians. The notes and bibliography are a treasure for historians to exploit.' - N. Greene! Wesleyan University! Choice!Vol. 46! No. 08! April 2009'...the book clearly succeeds in providing a comprehensive and updated synthesis of one of the most fascinating! if tragic! moments in modern Spanish history.' - Pamela Radcliff! Journal of Modern History Informationen zum Autor Francisco J.Romero Salvado is Lecturer in History at London Metropolitan University, UK. His previous book, Spain: 1914-1918 , is also available from Routledge. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This book 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Maps 1. La España Invertebrada! 1874-1914 2. The Gathering Storm 3. A Fatal Neutrality4. The Artlessness of Insurrection: The Spanish Revolution of 1917 (A Drama in Three Acts)5. The Catalanist Offensive 6. The Hour of the CNT7. The Red Tide8. Reaction on the March 9.Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum10. The Moroccan Nightmare 11. The Death of the Liberal Patient.Notes. Bibliography. Index
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This book 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.
