In October 1936, as the Spanish Civil War turned a tension in peripheral Europe into a European disaster, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy signed a series of agreements detailing the need for a common action to prevent the creation and consolidation of a Catalan Sta...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Gonzàlez i Vilalta, Arnau 1980- (HerausgeberIn), Ucelay da Cal, Enric 1948- (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format:	Karte
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Brighton ; Chicago ; Toronto Sussex Academic Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1880-1939 Separatismus Nationalismus Spanischer Bürgerkrieg > 1936-1939 Katalonien Catalonia (Spain) / History / Autonomy and independence movements Spain / History / Civil War, 1936-1939 Civil War (Spain : 1936-1939) Autonomy and independence movements Spain Spain / Catalonia 1936-1939 History
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Zusammenfassung:	In October 1936, as the Spanish Civil War turned a tension in peripheral Europe into a European disaster, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy signed a series of agreements detailing the need for a common action to prevent the creation and consolidation of a Catalan State. The backdrop to the revolutionary charades, the self-evident dangers of totalitarian states, and the conservative enthusiasms of Francos Spanish nationalists lay in the potential of Catalonia seceding. What would be the internal and international implications? The postwar world of 19191923 created political patterns that gave heart to many sub-state nationalisms patterns that hardened into conflictual shape, especially after the rise of Hitler in early 1933. Contributors to the volume trace the convictions of journalists, observers and diplomats that a Catalan split-off was inevitable. But Catalan politics blew in quite another way, later reacting to Soviet dis-interest and British indecisiveness, amongst a host of other pressures. Placing Catalonia and the Catalan nationalist movement in the foreground of contemporary Spanish discourse reveals why present internal complexities require a historical dimension that takes into account early twentieth-century pan-European/ pan-international movements that supported or decried secession, albeit for widely differing nationalist motives. Not least were the perceived and feared reactions of minority populations, and the potential strategic geographic/diplomatic consequences for European leaders. In a way, the unfolding of antagonisms on the international and European scene led to the internal Spanish conflict. The Illusion of Statehood takes the reader away from the bluster of left/right politics and the potentialities of social revolution toward a better understanding of how Catalan independence was viewed by European states and powers. This thoughtfully argued book is essential reading for all historians and students of twentieth-century European history. It provides a much-needed reasoned perspective on the Catalan issue and its historical antecedents. --
Beschreibung:	Translated from the Spanish
Beschreibung:	xxvii, 304 Seiten Karten
ISBN:	9781789760323 9781789760347