Franco''s Internationalists - Social Experts and Spain''s Search for Legitimacy

Despite the repression, violence, and social hardship which characterised Spanish life in the 1940s and 1950s, the Franco regime sought to win popular support by promoting its apparent commitment to social justice. This study tells the story of the experts in public health, medicine, and social insurance sent to sell Franco's regime overseas.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• Introduction


• 1: Axis Internationalism: Spanish Experts and the Nazi New Order


• 2: Franco's Spain and the Politics of International Health


• 3: 'Generous, Selfless, Civilizing': Health and Development in Francoist Africa


• 4: Exporting Francoist Modernity: Health, Social Security and Hispanidad


• 5: Spain's Catholic Internationalists


• Epilogue and Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

David Brydan is a lecturer in the history of modern international relations at King's College London. He was previously a lecturer in modern European history at Birkbeck, University of London, and a visiting researcher at the European University Institute. His research focuses on the transnational history of modern Europe, the history of internationalism and international cooperation, and the role of religion in modern international relations. He has published in Contemporary European History, Social History of Medicine, and the Journal of Contemporary History.

Summary

Despite the repression, violence, and social hardship which characterised Spanish life in the 1940s and 1950s, the Franco regime sought to win popular support by promoting its apparent commitment to social justice. This study tells the story of the experts in public health, medicine, and social insurance sent to sell Franco's regime overseas.

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Product details

• Authors: David Brydan, David (Lecturer in the History of Modern I Brydan, David (Lecturer in the History of Modern International Relations Brydan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2019
• EAN: 9780198834595
• ISBN: 978-0-19-883459-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Oxford Studies in Modern European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); European History, Spain, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1930 to c 1939, Modern warfare, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Specific wars and campaigns, Spanish Civil War, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Civil wars, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Europe / Spain