The collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933-1936 : origins of the Civil War / Stanley G. Payne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Payne, Stanley G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Representative government and representation--Spain--History--20th century.

Representative government and representation.

Spain--History--Republic, 1931-1939.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 420 p.))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on the short but crucial period that led to the collapse of the Spanish Republic and set the stage for the ensuing civil war. Stanley G. Payne, an internationally known scholar of modern Spanish history, details the political shifts that occurred from 1933 to 1936 and examines the actions and inactions of key actors during these years. Using their own memoirs, speeches, and declarations, he challenges previous perceptions of various major players, including President Alcalá Zamora. The breakdown of political coalitions and the internal rifts between Spain's bourgeois and labor classes sparked many instances of violent dissent in the mid-1930s. The book addresses the election of 1933 and the destabilizing insurrection that followed, Alcalá Zamora's failed attempts to control the major parties, and the backlash that resulted. The alliances of the socialist left with communism and the right with fascism are also explored, as is the role of forces outside Spain in spurring the violence that eventually exploded into war.

Contents:

Introduction : the problem of representative government in Spain

The republican project

The turning point of the republic, 1933

The revolutionary insurrection of 1934

A conservative republic? 1934-1935

Frustration of the parliamentary system

Toward the popular front

The elections of February 1936

The left returns to power, February-March 1936

The left consolidates power, March-May 1936

Breaking down, May-June 1936

Competing utopias : the revolutionary movements in the spring of 1936

The final phase, May-July 1936

The military conspiracy

The assassination of Calvo Sotelo.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-409) and index.

ISBN:

9786611730925

9781281730923

1281730920

9780300130805

0300130805

OCLC:

1013956722