A social history of modern Spain / Adrian Shubert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shubert, Adrian, 1953-

Series:

Social history of Europe.

A Social history of Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spain--Social conditions.

Spain.

Spain--Economic conditions--19th century.

Spain--Economic conditions--20th century.

Spain--Social conditions--19th century.

Spain--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>Insightful and accessible, A Social History of Modern Spain is the first comprehensive social history of modern Spain in any language. Adrian Shubert analyzes the social development of Spain since 1800. He explores the social conflicts at the root of the Spanish Civil War and how that war and the subsequent changes from democracy to Franco and back again have shaped the social relations of the country. Paying equal attention to the rural and urban worlds and respecting the great regional diversity within Spain, Shubert draws a sophisticated picture of a country struggling with the problems

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Introduction; Spain and Europe: the Peculiarities of the Historians; The Book; 1 A Century of Dynamism; An Evolving Economy; Agriculture; The Textile Industry; Transportation; Mining; From Boom to Crisis, 1914-36; Men, Women and Children; Death; Birth; Marriage; Farmsteads and Families; The Home and Beyond; Migration; Urbanization; The Fear of Mobility; 2 The Land; The Creation of Private Property; Landowners; A New Agrarian Elite; The New Landowners; Galicia; Conclusion; Rural Social Relations; Absenteeism

LatifundiaCredit and Usury; Social Conflict; Counter-revolution; Revolution; Quiet Protest; The Second Republic and the Challenge to Property; 3 Cities and Towns; Elites and White Collars; A New Urban Elite; The Officer Corps; The Middling Classes; Working Class Formation; The Abolition of the Guilds; Catalonia; Asturias; The Basque Provinces; Madrid; Organization; Working Class Experience; Work and Leisure; Childhood and Education; Family: Economics and Sentiment; Women; Religion; The Meaning of Labor Politics; 4 Identities; The Church, Religion and Belief; The Place of the Church

The ClergyParish Life and Proselytism; The Mind of the Church; Belief and Disbelief; Changing Forms of Observance; Anticlericalism; The Quest for a Secular Society; The Limits of the State; The Liberal State; Law and Order; National Militia and Guardia Civil; Education and Language; Caciquismo; The Meaning of the Republic; Communities; Village Community; Protest; From Play to Leisure; Symbols; 5 The Franco Regime and After; A Belated Miracle; From Autarky to Liberalism; The Miracle; Agriculture; The Crisis; Men, Women and Children; Death; Birth and Birth Control; The Place of Women

MigrationThe Land; The Crisis of the Smallholder; Latifundia; Cities and Towns; The Growth of the Working Class; The Growth of the Middle Class; The Church, Religion and Belief; Church and State; The Mind of the Church; Forms of Observance; The Clergy; New Currents; The Extension of the State; Centralization and Autonomy; The Maintenance of Order; The State and the People; The Consumer Society; The Degradation of Rural Life; The Rise of Consumerism; The Internationalization of Culture; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chronology; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-87552-5

1-138-13197-0

0-203-42121-3

1-134-87553-3

1-280-06431-5

9780203421215

OCLC:

475884204