Is Spain different? :: a comparative look at the 19th and 20th centuries /

The slogan that launched the tourist industry in the 1960s, "Spain is Different!," has come to haunt historians. Much effort and energy have been expended ever since in endeavoring to show that Spain has not been different, but normal. Still, many of the defining features of the country�...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Weitere Verfasser: Townson, Nigel (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Eastbourne, England : Sussex Academic Press, 2015.
Schriftenreihe:Sussex studies in Spanish history.
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Zusammenfassung:The slogan that launched the tourist industry in the 1960s, "Spain is Different!," has come to haunt historians. Much effort and energy have been expended ever since in endeavoring to show that Spain has not been different, but normal. Still, many of the defining features of the country's past-the civil wars, the weak liberalism, the Franco dictatorship-are taken as evidence of its distinctiveness. A related problem is that few historians have actually placed Spain's trajectory over the last two centuries within a truly comparative context. This book does so by tackling a number of key themes
Beschreibung:Includes index.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (201 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782841746
1782841741
9781782841722
1782841725

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Volltext öffnen