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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alejandro Quiroga, Alejandro (Universidad Complutense De Mad Quiroga, Quiroga Alejandro
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032691817
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3269181-7
• Pagine: 354
• Serie: Routledge/Canada Blanch Studies on Contemporary Spain; Routledge Studies on Contemporary Spain
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; 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