The Spanish civil wars : a comparative history of the First Carlist War and the conflict of the 1930s / Mark Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Mark, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--History--Carlist War, 1833-1840.

Spain.

History.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

255 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

This book provides a comparative history of the domestic and international nature of Spain's First Carlist War (1833-40) and the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), as well as the impact of both conflicts. The book demonstrates how and why Spain's struggle for liberty was won in the 1830s only for it to be lost one hundred years later. It shows how both civil wars were world wars in miniature, fought in part by foreign volunteers under the gaze and in the political consciousness of the outside world. Prefaced by a short introduction, The Spanish Civil Wars is arranged into two domestic and international sections, each with three thematic chapters comparing each civil war in detail. The main analytical perspectives are political, social and new military history in nature, but they also explore aspects of gender, culture, nationalism and separatism, economy, religion and, especially, the war in its international context. The book integrates international archival research with the latest scholarship on both subjects and also includes a glossary, a bibliography and several images. It is a key resource tailored to the needs of students and scholars of modern Spain which offers an intriguing and original new perspective on the Spanish Civil War.

Contents:

Why a comparative study?

Context of the Spanish civil wars

The domestic aspect of the Spanish civil wars

The battle fronts in the Spanish civil wars

The home fronts in the Spanish civil wars

Legacy and memory of the Spanish civil wars

The international aspect of the Spanish civil wars

Imperial origins of the Spanish civil wars

World wars in miniature

Woe to the vanquished

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474229401

1474229409

9781474229395

1474229395

OCLC:

957546425