Peoples Dictator - The Life of General Primo De Rivera

This book is the first major biography of General Miguel Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain between 1923 and 1930, who profoundly transformed Spain and played a key role in the shaping of a counterrevolutionary Europe in the interwar era.

List of contents

Introduction - Who and When 1. Rebel Without a Cause (1870-1920) 2. The Forging of a Conspirator (1920-1923) 3. The Military Directory (1923-1925) 4. The Civil Directory (1925-1930) 5. Caudillo of the Nation: Propaganda, Masculinity and the Leadership Cult 6. The Nationalisation of the Masses 7. Fall and Death of a Dictator 8. What Happened Here?: History and Memory of a Dictator and His Dictatorship

About the author

Alejandro Quiroga is Professor of Spanish History at Newcastle University and Beatriz Galindo Distinguished Researcher at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. His research focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first-century nationalisms and national identities in Europe.

Summary

This book is the first major biography of General Miguel Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain between 1923 and 1930, who profoundly transformed Spain and played a key role in the shaping of a counterrevolutionary Europe in the interwar era.

Product details

• Authors: Alejandro Quiroga, Alejandro (Universidad Complutense De Mad Quiroga, Quiroga Alejandro
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032691817
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3269181-7
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain; Routledge Studies on Contemporary Spain
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, European History, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Fascism & Nazism, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Europe / Spain